Torre Comentina, Medieval tower in Asti, Italy.

Torre Comentina is a tower in Asti with a square base and solid walls featuring multiple windows on each side. The structure stands at a major street intersection and defines the urban landscape with its distinctive silhouette.

The tower was built in the 13th century and remains one of only two original towers that survived in Asti. It has endured through the centuries as a testament to the city's medieval past.

For centuries the tower served as the command post for the Palio race, which ran along the "alla lunga" route in Contrada Maestra. It was long called Torre di San Bernardino, after the adjacent church that used it as a bell tower; that church became a theatre under Napoleon and was demolished in 1897.

The tower is located at a central spot in Asti where two major streets meet, making it easy to find. The area is accessible on foot and provides space for viewing and photographing the structure.

For centuries the tower served as the command post for the Palio horse race, which ran along the "alla lunga" route in Contrada Maestra. The adjoining church of San Bernardino, for which the tower served as bell tower, was turned into a theatre under Napoleon and demolished in 1897 to build the neo-Gothic Palazzo Medici del Vascello, now joined to the tower. The tower and palace remain private property of a family descended from the Medici del Vascello.