Splendid Torre del Mangia in Sepia
by Ramona Matei
Title
Splendid Torre del Mangia in Sepia
Artist
Ramona Matei
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Photograph
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Splendid Torre del Mangia in Sepia photograph by ©Ramona Matei. Wonderful dramatic artwork of medieval tower in Siena's main plazza.
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Siena is one of my very favorite cities in the world and Piazza del Campo is surely one of the most beautiful squares in Italy. The tower Torre del Mangia was built in 1338-1348. 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.
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") either for his spendthrift tendency, idleness or gluttony.
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