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The Torre del Diavolo (Devil's Tower) is a tower located in the town of [[San Gimignano]]. It used to have an wooden walkway going round it's roof and it's name comes from the legend which says that when the owner of the tower returned he found that it was slightly higher than when he left. In [[''Assassin's Creed II'']] it is a [[view point]] location and a [[glyph]] is located near it's roof.
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|image = Torre_deldiavolo.jpg
|description = The Devil's tower.
||location = [[San Gimignano]], [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed =
|functions = Tower
|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]].
 
==History==
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>
 
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==
*The tower contains a [[view Points|view point]], as well as a [[Glyphs|glyph]].
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{AC2}}
[[Category:Towers]]
[[Category:Landmarks in San Gimignano]]
[[Category:Tuscany]]

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]