Torre dei Ramaglianti, Medieval tower in Florence, Italy.
Torre dei Ramaglianti is a seven-story stone tower in central Florence featuring medieval construction with modern additions to its upper levels. The structure has an ivy-covered facade and stands adjacent to Torre dei Belfredelli in the historic center.
The tower belonged to the Ghibelline Ramaglianti family, who moved into Florence from the countryside in the 13th century and held a chapel in San Jacopo sopr'Arno. It later passed to the Guelph Marsili. Damaged by German mines in August 1944, it was consolidated by architect Nello Bemporad, then restored in 1955 by Giovanni Michelucci, who kept his studio there after 1950.
The Ramaglianti were a Ghibelline family who moved into Florence from the countryside in the 13th century and held a chapel in the church of San Jacopo sopr'Arno. The tower later passed to the Guelph Marsili family. Look for the narrow double-arched doorway and the putlog holes where scaffolding beams were set.
The tower stands at Via dei Ramaglianti 1 bis, at the corner of Via dei Belfredelli and Via dei Barbadori in the Oltrarno district, a short walk from Ponte Vecchio. It is a private building with no public interior access; the exterior, including the narrow double-arched doorway and putlog holes, can be seen from the street.
The two towers do not share walls: a very thin gap separates them, a medieval building practice so that fire, collapse or deliberate demolition of one would not bring down the other. The Ramaglianti tower is the taller of the pair.
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