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|image       = Torre_deldiavolo.jpg
|image = Torre_deldiavolo.jpg
|appearance  = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|description = The Devil's tower.
|location   = [[San Gimignano]], [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]
||location = [[San Gimignano]], [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]
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The [[Torre del Diavolo]] (English: '''Devil's Tower''') is a tower located in the town of [[San Gimignano]].<ref name="ac2"/>
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|features = [[Glyphs|Glyph]]
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The [[Torre del Diavolo]] (English: ''Devil's Tower'') was a tower located in the town of [[San Gimignano]] in [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]].


==Database Entry==
==History==
''Probably built for medieval defence, the Torre del Diavolo once had a walkway at its summit. The wooden spikes around the top held the boards of the walkway in place.''
The tower was likely built during the [[Middle Ages]] with wooden spikes around the top for defense. It once had a walkway at its summit. The spikes around the top held the boards of the walkway in place.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Database: Torre del Diavolo]]</ref>


''Depending on who you ask, the name (the Devil's Tower) comes from either the fact that lightning once struck the tower, or that the original owner left on a trip, only to come back and find it slightly higher than when he left.''<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
The tower likely gained the name either from the belief that lightning once struck the tower, or that the original owner left on a trip, only to come back and find it slightly higher than when he left.<ref name="Database" />


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The tower includes a [[View Point]] and one of [[Subject 16]]'s [[Glyphs]].<ref name="ac2"/>
*The tower contains a [[view Points|view point]], as well as a [[Glyphs|glyph]].
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Towers]]
[[Category:Landmarks in San Gimignano]]
[[Category:Tuscany]]
[[Category:Tuscany]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]

Latest revision as of 03:02, 27 August 2023

The Torre del Diavolo (English: Devil's Tower) was a tower located in the town of San Gimignano in Tuscany, Italy.

History[edit | edit source]

The tower was likely built during the Middle Ages with wooden spikes around the top for defense. It once had a walkway at its summit. The spikes around the top held the boards of the walkway in place.[1]

The tower likely gained the name either from the belief that lightning once struck the tower, or that the original owner left on a trip, only to come back and find it slightly higher than when he left.[1]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]