The Embriaci Tower in the historic center of Genoa
The Torre degli Embriaci in the historic center of Genoa.
Wandering around the historic center of Genoa, among the alleys that rise from the Porto Antico towards the modern center of the city, it is easy to come across beautiful and well-preserved buildings and monuments.
Like this 12th century tower built thanks to the riches obtained from the crusades.
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.
The Embriaci Tower, also called the Embriaci Tower, located in the oldest part of Genoa, where the “castrum” stood, is linked to the name of Guglielmo Embriaco who “crusader […] returned victorious from Cesarea”. It is the only one of the many towers that were located in the current historic center of Genoa to have been spared by the edict of 1196 that wanted all the city towers to be cut to 80 palms.
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The tower called degli Embriaci in the historic center of Genoa – La tour appelée degli Embriaci dans le centre historique de Gênes – La torre llamada degli Embriaci en el centro histórico de Génova – A Torre degli Embriaci no centro histórico de Génova – Der Turm namens degli Embriaci im historischen Zentrum von Genua – Tòa tháp có tên degli Embriaci ở trung tâm lịch sử của Genoa – 位于热那亚历史中心的名为 degli Embriaci 的塔 – ジェノヴァの歴史的中心部にあるTorredegliEmbriaci
If you want to find some ideas to learn more about the Superba I refer you to the website of the Municipality's Tourism: visitgenoa.it. This is the institutional website of the Municipality: smart.comune.genova.it.
If you are looking for a nice portal that talks about all of Liguria I invite you to visit the official website of the Region: lamialiguria.it.
If you need a good paper guide of the city I invite you to consult these publications: Genova e il Tigullio, Genova. Una guida or Guida indipendente alla città di Genova.
If you are passionate about mysteries and legends then I suggest you read these two books: Alla scoperta dei segreti perduti di Genova and Genova misteriosa.
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