Torre dell'orologio

A rectangular tower of thick, sack-built masonry, its brick facings reveal three distinct building phases, each with a different brickwork texture. The lowest section aligns with the city’s defensive walls; a later, heavily battered forepart leans against it. River stones appear here, as they do in neighbouring structures.

Above, the tower is crowned by corbels and four ogival arches, housing the clock that faces the square. The entrance is on the east front, where all the notable architectural features cluster. Slits set about four metres up likely once carried the cables for a drawbridge that connected to the Borgo Terranova. The whole is capped by a spire.

A tower that wears its history in its very bricks: defensive, utilitarian, and civic, all at once.

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