Torre dei Gualandi
The Torre dei Gualandi (also known as the Muda Tower) is a former tower in Pisa, central Italy, now included in the Palazzo dell'Orologio.
Torre della Muda, Giovanni Paolo Lasinio, engravings dated 1865
It is located on the north part of the Piazza dei Cavalieri. The original tower was located on the right side of the present building. Gualandi was the name of a Pisan family that owned the tower in the 13th century.
Palazzo dell'Orologio
Ugolino della Gherardesca, his sons and two grandsons were immured in the tower and starved to death in the 13th century. Dante, his contemporary, wrote about Gherardesca in his masterpiece The Divine Comedy.
External links
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa: Palazzo dell'Orologio
- Homepage | Comune di Pisa
- Pisa, A Rapid look Around the Town, Short guide book and Faithful souvenir for you, about 1948
- PISA History, Count Ugolino Della Gherardesca, Storia Dante - Localita Storia Eventi Cronaca Medio Evo News provincia Pisa Toscana.
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