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The tower overlooks the hills of Val Bisagno, and was built to compensate for the lack of an adequate defense of Fort Quezzi north along the ridge of the mountain, which would allow an easy starting point for a possible enemy troops to attack the fort itself. The Genius Sardo did everything to strengthen that side of the mountain, with the construction of a small work of "support" circular.

In 1830 a military relationship reflected in the positioning of Fort Quezzi unnecessary and vice versa a good defensive position of the small work of support, so in the years immediately following were developed several projects to strengthen and expand the tower, with the addition of bastions and creation of a strong-like Begato. The idea, however, was only at the level of project design, and the tower was never rebuilt.

After nearly 100 years, around 1909, the work was abandoned by the military authorities and used as a restaurant, then finally abandoned after World War II, when metal parts were removed and the rods of the floor, which caused the collapse .

Today Quezzi Tower is completely abandoned, occasionally used as a shelter for the flocks of local pastors is in a precarious condition and in need of restoration, which could bring the structure and the area immediately around in a decent state [2]. The tower and the area immediately surrounding the site of Community interest are considered by the European Union as one of the few habitats of rare gecko or tarantolino Tyrrhenian (Euleptes europaea, formerly known as Phyllodactylus europaeus) [3 (5 years and 2858 days ago)

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friiskiwi says:

great shot

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the twelfth century, the looming threat of Barbarossa, Genoa decided to strengthen the walls and doors. Both the walls, called Barbarossa, and Medieval Gates were built around 1155. Manufacturers, the only news we have is in a Latin inscription at the Port of St. Faith (or Cow), "Ego et Magister Iohannes Guiscardus Bonus Cortese et Iohannes De Castro fecimus hoc opus". Medieval Gates quickly became a symbol of Genoa and its spirit of independence. On the two towers that make up the port were placed two plaques. One of them is a clear and solemn warning to those who want to invade the city: "In the name of Almighty God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Amen. They are equipped with men, surrounded by walls admirable, I reject my value with enemy weapons. If you can bring peace to touch this door, you will have to withdraw if you are looking sad and won the war. South and West, North East and I know the endless assaults, Genoa, I passed. "
The Gate - 5 meters wide and nine feet high - was closed with wooden shutters that turned on two iron hinges. The arch - one of the oldest examples of Gothic arch in Genoa - is equipped with shelves, which is a band profile, protruding and concave, which is located between the base and the stems of the columns and is surmounted by a ring. The door is decorated with a thin octagonal column whose capital, Corinthian, revolves around the arch. The main body of the door is decorated on top by a band of small arches, and smaller than those raised on the outside. The port has four marble capitals: two outward and two inward of the city. The two towers, with a rectangular base side to the city and outside the semi-circular boundary walls are constructed of cut stone with the tip worked great and profiled in the corners with a chisel; are not parallel, but converge one o'clock toward each other on the outside line, and are larger than the medieval towers which we know (31 meters from ground level at the point of the passage of the Port).
The building located between the two towers and above the opening of the port was occupied by the Executioner, who exercised in Genoa until 1809 with a guillotine housed inside the premises and found during restoration. Usually, up to 1797, the heads of those executed were hung on the arch of the gate in iron cages. And 'here has certainly exercised his art Monsieur Samson, the famous French Executioner guillotined for having - in 1793 - Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette.
The door - just as the towers and walls - underwent several renovations and restorations. The last renovation in 1988 (5 years and 2893 days ago)

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defensive, tower

friiskiwi says:

a corner stone, is a stone, with details about when the building was erected and by whom.

Can we possibly have a translation of your stone.

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Teebone100 says:

Excellent, author

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patty says:

Interesting image

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