Italy is almost unique in the medieval Mediterranean in the way its urban life was, to quote from Stephen P. Bensch’s 2002 book ‘Barcelona & its Rulers, 1096-1291′, ‘dominated by tall towers, long knives and short tempers’. This is what our 2023 Rome Scholar in Architecture Eleanor Jolliffe wrote in her virtual exhibition ‘Fortified Rome’ on towers in Rome. Have a look at this link and discover Torre Caetani, Torre dei Grassi, Torre delle Milizie, and much more!
