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==History==
==History==
The tower was likely built during the {{Wiki|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 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" />
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" />

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]

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