The Asinelli Tower in Bologna

La Torre degli Asinelli a Bologna

The Asinelli Tower in Bologna.
The most famous tower in Bologna photographed through the porticoes of the Palazzo della Mercanzia.
Unfortunately there was a cable that cut across the entire tower and if you look carefully you can see that I tried to remove it.

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La Torre degli Asinelli a Bologna

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

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The Asinelli Tower is one of the so-called two towers of Bologna, symbol of the city, located in Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, at the intersection of the ancient streets San Donato (now Via Zamboni), San Vitale, Maggiore and Castiglione. Built, according to tradition, between 1109 and 1119 by the nobleman Gherardo Asinelli.
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