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Torre delle Milizie

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Torre delle Milizie
The Torre delle Milizie next to the convent of St. Catherine at Magnanapoli, later excavated and converted into the museum of the Trajan's Markets.
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Coordinates41°53′27.20″N 12°29′7.13″E / 41.8908889°N 12.4853139°E / 41.8908889; 12.4853139
Present day

The Torre delle Milizie ("Tower of the Militia") is a fortified tower in Rome, Italy, located between Trajan's Market in the Imperial fora to the southwest and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, or Angelicum, to the east.

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History

The tower gained the popular nickname of "Nero's Tower" from a tradition that it originated as an ancient Roman construction from which the emperor Nero watched the Great Fire of Rome – this is derived from the classical account that he watched from a tower in the Gardens of Maecenas, though more trustworthy accounts place him out of town, at Antium at the time.

The actual construction of the tower probably dates to the time of Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) under the Aretino family. At the end of the 13th century, the tower was a possession of the powerful Annibaldi family, who were followed by the Prefetti di Vico and by the Caetani, Pope Boniface VIII's family. Under the Caetani the fortified quarter was enlarged and strengthened, probably rivalling Castel Sant'Angelo as Rome's main fortress.

At the end of the 13th century when Henry VII of Luxembourg came to Rome for his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor (May–June 1312), he chose the Torre delle Milizie as the base for his Ghibelline supporters. Twenty years later the tower was ceded to the Conti. During their ownership, Raphael, in his role as curator of the antiquities of the city, cited the tower as an example of an edifice built reusing antique parts. The Conti held the tower until 1619, when it was acquired by the nuns of the neighboring convent (later demolished) of Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli.

In 1911, the tower was declared an Italian National Monument.

Architecture

One of the main medieval monuments of the city, the Torre delle Milizie is built on a square plan, its base sides measure 10.5 metres (34 ft) × 9.5 metres (31 ft). The original height of the tower is uncertain, but following the earthquake of 1348, the top two floors were demolished, reducing the structure to its present height of approximately 50 metres (160 ft). The 1348 earthquake also resulted in the slight tilting of the structure.

See also

Sources

  • Rendina, Claudio (1999). Enciclopedia di Roma. Rome: Newton & Compton.
  • Gregorovius, Ferdinand (2010). History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 667. ISBN 1108015069.

External links

Media related to Torre delle Milizie at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia
Landmarks of Rome
Torre delle Milizie
Succeeded by
Ponte Sisto
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