Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy
by Patricia Hofmeester
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Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy
Artist
Patricia Hofmeester
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Photograph - Photography
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Torre del Mangia on the Piazza del Campo in Sienna, Italy.
The Torre del Mangia is a tower in Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. Built in 1338-1348 it is located in the Piazza del Campo, Siena's premier square, adjacent to the Palazzo Pubblico (Town Hall). When built it was one of the tallest secular towers in medieval Italy. At 102 m, it is second tallest after Cremona's Torrazzo (112 m (367 ft)) the Asinelli tower in Bologna at 97 m being third.
The tower was built to be exactly the same height as the Siena Cathedral as a sign that the church and the state had equal amounts of power.[nb 1]
Literally meaning "Tower of the Eater", the name refers to its first bellringer, Giovanni di Balduccio, nicknamed Mangiaguadagni ("Eat-the-profits", that is "Profit eater") for his spendthrift tendency
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