Historical landmark
Gardello Tower
Piazza Erbe, 40, 37121 Verona VR
Fourteenth-century brick clock tower where one of Europe's earliest public clocks struck the hour for centuries.
This guide to the Gardello Tower in Verona centers on Cansignorio della Scala, the lord who seized power in 1359 by having his older brother murdered, then shared rule uneasily with another brother, Paolo Alboino, before having him arrested in 1365 and locked in a fortress on Lake Garda. While that brother sat forgotten in his cell, Cansignorio raised this brick tower in 1370, fitted with one of Europe's first public clocks and a bell cast with his own family crest. You'll hear where that bell ended up. Look up at the clock face that once ruled the market square below.
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