Cervia - Torre San Michele - 2024-09-29 07-36-45 001
2024-04-21
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
In 1691, Count Michelangelo Maffei, who had already had the salt warehouse built, had this powerful building built as a defense against pirate attacks. The main function of the Tower was that of defence, to signal attacks by bandits and raiders and to defend the precious resource of salt, kept in the adjacent warehouse. The Tower could also accommodate the guards who lived in it and made it an independent building, equipped with fireplaces, external water collectors, showers, drainage systems and other utilities. It is inspired by an ancient drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, created to defend the coastal areas of the Papal State and preserved in the archive of the Reverend Camera Apostolica. With a square plan with a side of 13 and a height of 23 metres, with walls 3 meters thick, the Tower was a real fort, with numerous openings, windows and loopholes equipped with short and long range armaments. Today it is owned by the municipality of Cervia and is home to the tourist office.
