Desenzano del Garda - Walls, towers and gates Torre di San Martino The tower of San Martino della Battaglia di Desenzano is 74 meters high and was raised between 1880 and 1893, by the architect Frizzoni of Bergamo and by the engineers Monterumici and Cavalieri, in memory of the battle held on 24 June 1859. The tower is decorated inside with frescoes depicting Renaissance episodes. In the park there is an ossuary, which houses the remains of 2,619 Italian and Austrian soldiers.
Brescia - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Porta Bruciata The Tower of Porta Bruciata is very old, dates back to the twelfth century and is located on one of the doors of the city walls of Brescia. About 30 meters high it was built as a fortified door for access to the city from the west side. Even today the structure of the tower is used as a passage from Piazza della Loggia to Via dei Musei.
Lodi - Walls, towers and gates Parco sull'isola Carolina Located directly in Victoria Square and it was opened in the mid 50s. In the park you can see the botanical plants, coming from Lake Como. This park is home to the seat of Parco Adda Sud
Moniga del Garda - Walls, towers and gates Mura del Castello di Moniga con parco The castle is well preserved, perhaps because having never been inhabited by a gentleman it has not suffered looting and destruction. The castle built in the tenth century did not undergo major architectural upheavals.
Lonato - Walls, towers and gates Torre Civica The Civic Tower is one of the historical and characteristic monuments of the city of Lonato. The construction was started in 1555 and featured an onion dome, then modified to a short overbuilding adorned with battlements. Characteristic was the hammer sound of the bells that regulated the life of the Lonatesi.
Sondrio - Walls, towers and gates Torre Civica o Torre Ligariana The Ligarian Tower is located in the center of Sondrio and is both civic and bell tower of the Collegiate Church. The project was entrusted to the architect Pietro Ligari. The community was unable to deal with the expenses of the first design and asked the architect Ligari to develop simpler proposals. Today it is among the most visited monuments in the city.
Bormio - Walls, towers and gates Torre delle Ore (o torre civica) Built in the Middle Ages and several times rearranged over the centuries, the tower houses two bells obtained from the merger of the Bajona, the great bell that recalled the population for meetings, parties or dangers.
Monza - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Teodolinda The Tower of Theodolinda was built in the 13th century. The building consists of a square plan building with three floors. The windows on the first floor are built in the style of mullioned windows, those on the second floor are single windows while the windows on the third floor are three windows. From the time of its construction up to the present day, the Tower has been used as a private home.
Varese - Walls, towers and gates Campanile del Bernascone The construction of the bell tower began in the 11th century and ended in 1631 by Bernascone, an architect well known at the time. Recently, he underwent restoration, as there was a fire. From the bell tower you can see an enviable and beautiful view of the whole city.
Cremona - Walls, towers and gates Il Torrazzo The high bell tower beside the cathedral. From above you can enjoy a great view of Cremona and its surroundings. The clock on the fourth floor is a clock with astronomical constellations of the zodiac.
Como - Walls, towers and gates Torre di San Vitale The Tower of S. Vitale is located at the end of Via Serafino Balestra. Its name comes from an ancient church demolished instead of the construction of the nearby railroad. It is'a pentagonal building just like of Porta Nuova.
Como - Walls, towers and gates Torre Gattoni The ancient Gattoni Tower was built by the Romans. It is located in Via Carlo Cattaneo and at the behest of the canonical Gattoni hosted the physics laboratory that Alessandro Volta, his friend, used to study the stack.
Como - Walls, towers and gates Torre Baradello The Baradello tower has a base quadratic. it is one of the best preserved buildings in time. About 19 meters high, it has its foundation on the rock and in ancient times was adorned with battlements type of Guelph. This is the part of the old structure that was lost.
Como - Walls, towers and gates Porta Torre Porta Tower, in via Cantu, is a picturesque fortress of 40 meters, built in 1192 to defend one of the strategic points of entry of the city. It is a massive construction of military Romanesque. The side that see the city is finer and formed of four arches that correspond to the inner planes, now been destroyed over the centuries.
Brescia - Walls, towers and gates Torre della Pallata The Pallata was built in stone in the middle of 1200. The name probably comes from a palisade erected as a defense. It is 31.10 meters high up to the battlements, its plan is square and the grandiose masonry comes with thin loops. In 1596, a fountain designed by Antonio Carra was added at the foot of the Pallata, who also sculpted the statues depicting Brescia armata and its main rivers.
Mantova - Walls, towers and gates Torre della Gabbia The cage tower was built around the thirteenth century by the Bonacolsi. Around 1576, the year in which Duke G. Gonzaga had a sort of open-air jail built that referred to the idea of a real cage, the tower took precisely this name.
Milan - Walls, towers and gates Porta Nuova Porta Nuova in Milan is located in Piazzale Principessa Clotilde, located inside the Bastions. It is one of the six main gates of the city, and is characterized by the neoclassical arch of Zanoia. It has an ionic style where it absorbs and reworks oriental motifs. It was restored in 2002 by the association “Castles and Open Villas in Lombardy”.
Milan - Walls, towers and gates Porta Ticinese Porta Ticinese is one of the six main gates of Milan, obtained within the Bastions. Today it presents the neoclassical door of Cagnola and the adjoining datiari toll booths. In the past Porta Ticinese identified one of the six historical districts in which the city was divided, the Sestiere of Porta Ticinese. Currently you can visit and admire.
Milan - Walls, towers and gates Porta Venezia Porta Venezia dates back to the 16th century, when it was still called the Spanish Gate. It is one of the six most important gates of the city, consisting of two imposing ramparts. It is also named in the Betrothed, because it is the door that Renzo crossed to enter Milan.
Milan - Walls, towers and gates Mura Spagnole The construction of the Spanish walls took place between 1548 and 1562, at the behest of Ferrante I Gonzaga, governor at the time of the city, when he was under Spanish rule. The initial project to strengthen the city's defenses, carried out by Giovanni Maria Olgiati, provided for the construction of a new imposing castle in the southern part of the city, but the project came set aside for the excessive burden and it was preferred to build a new city wall better suited to the progress of military technique.
Milan - Walls, towers and gates Porta Volta Porta Volta is one of the five most recent gates of Milan, created inside the Bastions to allow a more direct communication between the city and the Monumental Cemetery. It is located in the center of Piazzale Baiamonti, at the outlet of the Bastions of Porta Volta. The door was erected in 1880 along the route of the Spanish walls of Milan, built in 1555 by order of Ferrante Gonzaga.
Milan - Walls, towers and gates Porta Romana Porta Ticinese is one of the six main gates of Milan, obtained inside the Bastions. Today characterized by the presence of the neoclassical door of Cagnola and the adjoining datiary toll booths. In the past Porta Ticinese identified one of the six historical districts in which the city was divided, the Sestiere of Porta Ticinese. Currently you can visit and admire.
Marmirolo - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Marmirolo Initially, the Tower of Marmirolo was part of an ancient castle. In July 1700 the tower collapsed, but not much time passed and was replaced by the citizens by another tower. In the 50s of the last century, a new bell was added to the structure by the Municipal Administration. The tower took its present appearance after some restorations carried out in the years 1872-1873 and 1995.
Mesenzana - Walls, towers and gates Torre degli Ariani The Tower of the Arians is a structure of ancient origins. It is thought to date back to medieval times and its purpose was to defend and protect. The construction was kept in good condition. It is close to the town and is surrounded by lots of vegetation.
Costa Masnaga - Walls, towers and gates Torre Beretta The Beretta Tower was initially part of a castle. The tower was built in the 11th century, and it was a fortified building that had the function of guarding the entire surrounding area. At the beginning of the twentieth century, only a few ruins remained, above which a second villa was built in eclectic aulic style, called Villa Beretta.
Costa Masnaga - Walls, towers and gates Torre Camisasca The Camisasca Tower was built between the 12th and 13th centuries. In the fifteenth century the tower passed to the court and remained its property until 1517, because it later passed to the monastery of Lambrugo. The building has a rectangular structure with a square base, 12 meters high with small windows. In 2005, the tower underwent restoration interventions and currently cultural events are organized in its interior.
Dervio - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Dervio The Dervio tower was initially part of the Castle of Orezia. The tower was first mentioned in the years 1039-1040 and was used for defensive functions, with the precise purpose of alerting the inhabitants in the event of danger.
Mantova - Walls, towers and gates Torre San Alo' The Sant'Alò Tower, better known under the name of Torre Nuova, is located in Piazza Arche in Mantua. It was built around the fifteenth century and its main function was to defend the city itself.
Gordona - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Segname The Segname tower was built between the 9th and 10th centuries, with the function of signaling dangers. The building had a simple structure. The tower had an important function because it was the only tower that controlled the entire surrounding area.
Caiolo - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Soltojo The Soltojo Tower has a very ancient origin. The structure dates back to the 13th century and was built by the Captains. Much of the tower was destroyed in the '600 and currently only part of the building is visible.
Chiuro - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Castionetto The Castionetto Tower was built between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries and belonged to the Ghibellina family of the Quadrio. The building was used as a fortress to oversee the entire surrounding area and has a quadrangular structure. Today it is not in good condition.
Commessaggio - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Vespasiano The Tower of Vespasiano, otherwise known as the Torrazzo, is an architectural structure that constitutes the symbol of the history of the country. The fortress is 28 meters high and inside it there are several rooms. One of the rooms was used as a prison upon intervention by the forces of the Carabinieri.
Como - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Porta Nuova From the architectural point of view Torre di Porta Nuova is the style that characterizes the Larian monuments, the Romanesque. In 1000 a.d. the Como area developed its own characteristics and became a symbol of this new way of building. The Romanesque of this building has an essential element, the stone and as style the simplicity and purity, preferring the architecture to the sculpture.
Como - Walls, towers and gates Le Mura The walls of Como extend on the three sides along the historic center of Como. They still well preserved and visible and maintain a good part of the scope that was originally. They belong to the medieval era. They were built at the behest of Julius Caesar and formed a defensive bulwark.
Como - Walls, towers and gates Torre e Palazzo Pantera The Pantera Tower is all that remains of the tower of the palace that belonged to the historic family Pantera. It dates from the fifteenth century. The adjacent Palazzo Pantera XV century house owned by the powerful Rusconi at the end of the century turned into brothel.
Brescia - Walls, towers and gates Torre del Pegol La Torre del Pegol is located in Palazzo Broletto in Brescia. The date of construction is unknown, but some 12th-century manuscripts show the tower's resistance to an earthquake. The building, built of stone, has a height of about 54 meters and consists of four clearly visible levels. After the various renovations, since 2007 the tower is open to the public again.
Brescia - Walls, towers and gates Torre d'Ercole The Tower of Hercules was built in the 2nd century AD, and served as a lighthouse for navigation. Architecture is due to the architect Caio Servio Lupo. An external staircase connects the three floors of the tower, which was built as a consecration to Mars, God of War. In the Middle Ages, the Tower of Hercules was converted into a fortification.
Abbadia Lariana - Walls, towers and gates Torraccia Diroccato The Torraccia has a quadrangular structure. Now you can see only a large wall extended during the lake and gives the idea of a small castle. The Torraccia is composed of many very special external and internal elements.
Asso - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Scarenna trasformato The transformed Tower of Scarenna is located in the municipality of Asso. It is thought to have been built in Roman times. Some say it dates back to the 11th century, others to the 13th century. The fact that it is such an ancient construction has contributed to its slow deterioration, which is why today it is not in excellent condition even if it is still visible.
Averara - Walls, towers and gates Torre della Fontana It is among the few monuments still visible in the town of Averara. The structure can be visited, although it is not in excellent condition because some parts have suffered damage also due to the passing of time.
Mantova - Walls, towers and gates Torre Civica The civic tower founded around the 13th century according to a typically medieval style and belongs to the city walls, is about 27 meters high; in the beginning it had an external staircase with which communicated with the square. In 1492 it was equipped with a bell cell that today allows the concert of eight bells to be held.
Mantova - Walls, towers and gates Torre Zuccaro In via Don Enrico Tazzoli stands a tower about forty-two meters high that takes the name of tower of the Zuccaro. The name probably comes from the family that owns the tower, although, according to a popular belief, sugar was stored inside it.
Monte Isola - Walls, towers and gates Torre Martinengo The Martinengo Tower is part of the remains of the homonymous Castle. The building was built by the Oldofredi family and then moved on to the Martinengo, from which it also took its name. The Tower was last renovated in the fifteenth century. It has a square-based structure built of local stone.
Monza - Walls, towers and gates Torre Viscontea The Viscontea Tower is located in the municipality of Monza. The building was built in 1808, near the Castle of Monza. In the rooms of the tower there are still ancient elements and in the wall there is still the stone coat of arms of Charles II of Spain.
Sabbioneta - Walls, towers and gates Porta Imperiale The Imperial Gate of Sabbioneta was built in 1579 and was dedicated to the Emperor Rudolf II of Habsburg. It stands out for its façade composed of smooth ravines and the neoclassical gable that replaced the original loggia.
Sabbioneta - Walls, towers and gates Porta Vittoria Porta Vittoria was built in the second half of the 16th century and represents one of the two entrance doors to the city of Sabbioneta. It is characterized by an impressive appearance and has a façade divided into two parts of which the lower one has three arched openings and the upper one is a loggia. Above the entrance are the coats of arms of the Gonzaga-Colonna family and an epigraph in Latin.
Seregno - Walls, towers and gates Torre del Barbarossa The Torre del Barbarossa dates back to the twelfth century. It was used as a bell tower of the church of San Vittore while now it is a civic tower. It is considered a symbol of the city and is built according to the particular Guelph style. Currently, the Tower is owned by the Municipality, which through various restorations has managed to maintain its original structure.
Sovere - Walls, towers and gates Torre Foresti The Tower of the Forests of Sovere was built in the 13th century, for mainly military reasons. In the Middle Ages, the structure played a very important role for the inhabitants because it was in a nodal position of commercial traffic. Currently, the tower is in excellent state of preservation.
Stradella - Walls, towers and gates Torre Civica The Civic Tower of Stradella was built by Gian Galeazzo Visconti who had previously also wanted the fortress of the city. The Tower, from the Middle Ages, has Ghibelline battlements. It supports the new bell tower built after the sinking of the previous one in 1834.
Teglio - Walls, towers and gates Torre de li Beli Miri The tower dates back to the Middle Ages, and was part of a castle that no longer exists due to numerous attacks over the years. From its position it can be assumed that it was part of the castle's surveillance system. Its shape is that of a square plan, which is the result of continuous restoration work. Today you can visit freely and it is a place suitable for those who love nature.
Valdidentro - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Fraele The Tower of Fraele is one of the most important fortifications of the Municipality. It dates back to 1391 and is more than 1900 meters high. The building has a rectangular structure and has always been used as a defensive system. Today it is in good condition thanks to the remarkable restorations made over the years.
Lodi - Walls, towers and gates Mura di Lodi There have always been walls around Lodi. The first was built of wood, and completely surrounded by a moat, as if the city was located on an island.
Lodi - Walls, towers and gates Porta Cremona The current gate dates from the eighteenth century, but also in the past it was at this point, a door of the town. The structure has three arches, in the middle you could go with wagons, in the two sides one could reach the city on foot.
Gazzada - Walls, towers and gates Parco della Valle dell'Olona The Olona Valley Park is located in the southeast of the country in Molini, and spans in an area of about 80,000 sqm. It includes the last part of the Olona Valley and the area of the confluence with the adjacent valleys.
Verolavecchia - Walls, towers and gates Torre del Castello Scorzarolo The Tower of the Scorzarolo Castle was built in 1194. The building has a quadrangular structure built of bricks with archiacute windows. The tower was restored in recent years and is currently in good condition.
Vigevano - Walls, towers and gates Torre del Bramante Is the symbol of Vigevano, and was built in stages from 1198 until the fifteenth century, when it was completed by Bramante
Walls, towers and gates Torre del Salaro piazza guglielmo marconi 16 - Mantova The Salaro Tower is also called Torre dei Armchairs and was built around the thirteenth century. It is located near the Merchant's House (located in Piazza delle Erbe) and is located in Piazza A. Mantegna. Its main use was that of warehouse for storing salt.