The Torre degli Embriaci in the historic center of Genoa.
Wandering around the historic center of Genoa, among the alleys that rise from the Porto Antico towards the modern center of the city, it is easy to come across beautiful and well-preserved buildings and monuments.
Like this 12th century tower built thanks to the riches obtained from the crusades.
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.
The Embriaci Tower, also called the Embriaci Tower, located in the oldest part of Genoa, where the “castrum” stood, is linked to the name of Guglielmo Embriaco who “crusader […] returned victorious from Cesarea”. It is the only one of the many towers that were located in the current historic center of Genoa to have been spared by the edict of 1196 that wanted all the city towers to be cut to 80 palms.
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