Historical landmark
Torre Azzoguidi
Twelfth-century stone tower rising sixty-one meters above a Bologna street, second only to its famous leaning neighbor.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Torre Azzoguidi in Bologna, a thirteenth-century tower on Via Altabella second in height only to Bologna's famous Two Towers, opens with an oddly wide doorway at its base and works back through centuries of ownership. It follows the Azzoguidi, Guelph power brokers who held the tower three centuries, and the Muzzarelli family, who bought it in 1500 and turned it into rental housing and a shop. Look at that doorway as you listen, widened by tenants chasing floor space.
This audio guide was created using AI.