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TOWER AND HOUSE |
In Riviera street we can
still see the remains of a structure probably built around the 12 th century,
composed of a tower, a mansion and a fortified enclosure. It is regarded
as the place where, at the end of the 13 th century the place between Guelphs
and Ghibellines was signed.
Only few strips of the defensive
wall are kept in which we can see squared stones courses and parts of the
openings regarding the original masonry.
The tower walls kept till
to a height of about 9 metres. It has a square base formed by big square
ashlars; it shows traces of a collapse who cut obliquely a side, as per
Federici Tower. We can presume that the two buildings had a similar destiny
for unknown events.
Original openings are not
present in the tower wall; they presume that the entry was from the first
floor, using wood stairs.
There are various similitudes
with the defensive enclosure, and so the buildings are contemporaneous.
Also the mansion, like the
tower, suffered several modification in the course of centuries and only
to think back over the events.
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