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Walls, towers and gates Emilia Romagna

Piacenza - Walls, towers and gates

Torre e Porta di Cittadella

The Tower and the Gate date back to the fourteenth century as part of the City Castle. They were the property of the Visconti, and, at the time, they were also used for reasons of defense and surveillance. The whole system, together with the Castle, passed into the hands of several owners, over the years, who changed its appearance several times. Currently they are in excellent condition so you can easily notice all the medieval structural elements.

Ravenna - Walls, towers and gates

Porta Sisi

It's located in the southern part of Ravenna, at the bottom of Via Mazzini and Via Castel S. Pietro. Has uncertain origin, already appears in some documents of the tenth century. Altered in the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it's of brick, Embellished with two columns of granite is completed by capitals of the doric order. To be noted the bezel from the wrought-iron gate of the monastery of San Vitale.

Bologne - Walls, towers and gates

Porta San Felice

Also called “Porta Saffi”, it is included between the doors of the third city walls of Bologna. It starts at the west end of the historic center, along the Via Emilia, at the point where this changes its name from Via San Felice to Via Aurelio Saffi. It was built in 1300 in brick, it was equipped in 1334 with fortress and drawbridge. After the restoration work in 2007 and 2009, Porta San Felice was brought back to the ancient splendors of the past.

Cesena - Walls, towers and gates

Porta Fiume

One of the doors that mark the city walls. Dating back to the XIV century and restored after being damaged during the second world war, has a rectangular shape and it's open at the pedestrian crossing. From here there is access to the Bridge of St. Martin, built in the X - XI over the river Savio and ending originally at a subsequent port which is now destroyed. Over the years the river has also changed its riverbed, and the bridge passes, now, over a road.

Zocca - Walls, towers and gates

Torre del Castello di Monteombraro

The Tower of the Castle of Montombraro is located in the town of Zocca, in the province of Modena. As for the date of construction of the castle and the tower, which is part of it, there is no precise date, but it is assumed to date back to 1110, in the Middle Ages. Unfortunately, it was then destroyed in the expedition of the Bolognese. Over the centuries it was restructured and modified again. Today, both the castle and the tower are accessible and are still in good condition.

Other Walls, towers and gates

Walls, towers and gates

Torre Garisenda

via zamboni 7 - Bologne
From the surveys of the material used, and the construction techniques, although not knowing the authorship and the date of its construction, it can be assumed that the tower was built shortly after that nearby of the Donkeys, that is, at the end of the year 1000. It is said that it was built at the will of Oddo and Filippo Garisendi once they returned from the crusades. It had to be very high when in the 14th century, it was decided to amputate part of it, reducing it to 48 meters.

Walls, towers and gates

Torre dell' Arengo

piazza del nettuno 1 - Bologne
The tower stands on the Palazzo del Podestà, it is certainly among all the towers, the most curious by genre. It is not born as a tower, but as a rise for the intersection of the two streets that run under the turn. We are in the early '200 year of construction of the building itself. Subsequently, it is gradually consolidated to become an acrobatic tower. Despite its not-so-solid structure, it supported the “bell” from 47 tons of bronze installed by Fioravanti.
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