Asinelli tower and Garisenda tower

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curiosity of the Garisenda tower

The Garisenda tower was mentioned by Dante Alighieri in a sonnet and in the Divine Comedy.

In the mid-fourteenth century the tower was lowered by several meters to avoid collapses.

curiosity of the Asinelli tower

In recent times, a RAI television publisher has been placed on the Asinelli tower

The Asinelli tower was used by scientists for experiments on the motion of bodies and on the rotation of the Earth.

The iron cage was placed on the Asinelli tower at a height of 20 meters, an instrument of death for the religious who had committed crimes.

Asinelli tower and Garisenda tower

The functions of the two towers have varied over time: from forts, to prisons, to lodgings for soldiers, to lookout towers and recently as a base for the RAI repeaters.

Asinelli tower

It was built between 1109 and 1119 by the noble knight Gherardo Asinelli.

It is the tallest leaning tower in Italy. It is 97,2 m high, has a slope of 2,23 m and has 498 steps.

Garisenda tower

It was built between 1109 and 1119 by the Garisendi, wealthy family of money changers.

It is 48 m high and has a slope of 3,2 m