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Between the 12th and the 13th century, Bologna was a city full of towers. Almost all the towers were tall (the highest being 97 metres (318.2 ft)), defensive stone towers. Besides the towers, there are still some fortified gateways ( torresotti ) that correspond to the gates of the 12th-century city wall ( Mura dei torresotti or Cerchia dei ...
At 125 metres (410 ft), the Unipol Tower is the first skyscraper in Bologna to exceed 100 metres (330 ft) and is the tallest tower in Emilia Romagna. [2] It is the highest building in the Bologna and currently 7th in Italy.
In the early 15th century, the tower was bought by the Arte dei Drappieri, which remained the sole owner until the Garisenda became municipal property at the end of the 19th century. It was cited several times by Dante in the Divine Comedy and The Rhymes, a confirmation of his stay in Bologna, [1] and by Goethe in his Italian Journey.
The 48-meter (158 feet) tower was built in the 12th century when Bologna was a mini Manhattan, with dozens of towers reaching towards the sky, each built by local families trying to construct ...
Officials have secured the area around one of two 12th Century towers that have become symbolic of the northern city of Bologna, fearing its leaning could lead to collapse. The city on Friday ...
The residential Towers of 12th century Bologna numbered between 80 and 100 at a time, the tallest of which is the 97.2 m (319 ft) high Asinelli Tower. A Florentine law of 1251 decreed that all urban buildings be immediately reduced to less than 26 m (85 ft). [ 19 ]
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In the 8th century, two seven-storied pagodas with a height of 100 m (330 ft) were constructed at Todaiｰji (東大寺) in Nara, Japan. They were one of the tallest wooden buildings in the world at the time. By the 14th century, both were burned down by fires caused by war or lightning strikes.