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Scola Tower

Porto Venere, Italy · built 1700

The Scola Tower - or tower of St. John the Baptist - is a military building located just beyond the northeastern tip (called tip Scola) of Palmaria (island) in Porto Venere, in the Gulf of Poets in the province of La Spezia, Italy. It is part of, along with the Fort Cavour and Umberto I and the Batteria Semaforo, the defensive positions of Palmaria.

Fort data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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