Torre della Zecca

The Torre della Zecca (literally "Tower of the Mint") is a medieval tower in Florence, Italy. It originally formed the eastern terminal point of the city's walls on the right bank of the Arno (a position sometimes called a torre terminale). The tower now stands isolated in the centre of a road junction in Piazza Piave, on the Viali di Circonvallazione, near the Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia. It was built to protect the never-completed Ponte Reale and to close the walls on the river. In 1532 it was truncated and incorporated into a bastion. It later took its name from its association with the Florentine mint. After the demolition of most of the surrounding walls in the 1860s it was left freestanding. The tower was consolidated and restored between late 2014 and January 2016. It is owned by the Municipality of Florence. Public access is limited and subject to reservation; a new conservation intervention was announced by the municipality in October 2025.

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