Alberici Tower - Bologna, Italy
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N 44° 29.612 E 011° 20.812
32T E 686592 N 4929369
The Alberici Tower is located just behind the Piazza della Meranzia, and is one of the remaining medieval towers in the city.
Waymark Code: WMM171
Location: Emilia–Romagna, Italy
Date Posted: 07/01/2014
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The Official Tourism website tell us (
visit link) :
"Just behind the Piazza della Meranzia. The family erected it in the XII century. Its 27 meters high were long oppressed by a modest building which hid the view and only in 1928, thanks to an accurate restoration of the adjacent houses, has rediscovered the ancient breath."
At the location there is a palque that reads:
Nella facciata fu inglobata la torre Alberici, nel XII secolo; nel 1273 venne creata l'apertura per una bottega, quando i muri della torre vennero assottigliati di oltre due metri. Nel 1357 apparteneva alla famiglia Bolognini che qui gestiva botteghe di seterie. Nell'interno si conserva una graziosa scala dell'inizio del XVI secolo. Il complesso è stato restaurato in epoca recente."
English translation:
"The facade was incorporated into the tower Alberici, in the twelfth century; was created in 1273 for the opening of a shop, when the walls of the tower were thinned by more than two meters. In 1357 it belonged to the family Bolognini here that ran workshops of silk fabrics. Inside it preserves a nice scale of the early sixteenth century. The complex has been restored in recent times. "
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