Torre dello Sperone

Intersection of Via Ospedale and Via Porto Scalas, facing North up Via Ospedale

Title Variant
Torre degli Alberti, Torre di San Michele, Sperone Tower
Main Work
Fortificazioni Pisane, Pisan Walls
Date

13th-14th century

Location

Geographic Coordinates
39.218552689923, 9.111434406

Work Type

Notes

A Latin inscription on the facade of the tower states that the tower was completed in March 1293 during the government of the "captain of the people" Alberti

Inscription

In Nomine Domini Amen. Hoc hopus fuit perfectum tempore capitaneatus Domini gratiae Alberti capitanei Comunis et populi Castelli Castri currentibus annis MCCLXXXXIII mense martii

Image Date
Jan-23
Image Source

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Photographer