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Torre del Mangia

Siena, Italy

The 182nd tallest tower in the world

102 m · 335 ft

The Torre del Mangia is a tower in Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. Built in 1338–1348, it is located in the Piazza del Campo, Siena's main square, next to the Palazzo Pubblico (Town Hall). When built it was one of the tallest secular towers in medieval Italy. At 102 m it is now Italy's second tallest after Cremona Cathedral's Torrazzo (112 m (367 ft)), the Asinelli tower in Bologna at 97 m being third.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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