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{{Landmarks Infobox | {{Landmarks Infobox | ||
|image | |image = Torre_deldiavolo.jpg | ||
| | |description = The Devil's tower. | ||
|location | ||location = [[San Gimignano]], [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]] | ||
}} | |dateconstructed = | ||
The [[Torre del Diavolo]] (English: | |functions = Tower | ||
|features = [[Glyphs|Glyph]] | |||
|events = | |||
|commissioner =}} | |||
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== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The tower | *The tower contains a [[view Points|view point]], as well as a [[Glyphs|glyph]]. | ||
==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{ | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{AC2}} | |||
[[Category:Towers]] | |||
[[Category:Landmarks in San Gimignano]] | |||
[[Category:Tuscany]] | [[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]
- The tower contains a view point, as well as a glyph.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]