Torre Acquaviva

Torre Acquaviva is a square brick tower, six metres wide and 28 metres tall, its edges reinforced with squared stone blocks nearly halfway up. The corbelling supports small projecting arches, which once served as defensive openings; since there are no true machicolations, the tower’s vertical defence must have been conducted from the upper terrace, ringed with Ghibelline-style merlons. Set about six metres up on the east façade, a stone bas-relief carries symbolic figures in three stacked panels.

Originally built as a free-standing keep about two metres from the church, it was later absorbed into the building when the church was enlarged. Adapted as a bell tower, arched windows were opened beneath the overhang. A connecting wall now binds the tower to the church façade, covering its entire left third. The only entrance is from inside the church.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.