- You'll also enjoy an excellent view of the Garisenda Tower, which together with the Asinelli Tower serves as one of the defining features of the local skyline.
- The Asinelli Tower (Torri degli Asinelli) is the tallest and most famous of some 180 towers that once stood in Bologna Italy.
- The Towers. The shorter tower is called Torri Garisenda and the taller, Torri Asinelli. The names come from the families that built them.
- The Two Towers (Italian: Le due torri), both leaning, are symbols of Bologna, Italy,[1] and the most prominent of the Towers of Bologna. ... 1 Asinelli Tower.
- Afterward, continue to the base of Bologna's iconic towers, the Asinelli Tower and the Garisenda Tower. Learn about the history and features of these imposing...
- Two of these impressive structures immediately catch the eye: the 97-metre-high Tower of Asinelli and its little brother, Garisenda, at only 47 metres.
- The iconic leaning towers of Bologna, with the Asinelli Tower (97m) on the right, and the shorter Garisenda Tower (48m) on the left.
- The Asinelli Tower, built at the end of the 12th century, is one the main symbol of the town of Bologna and a valuable historical heritage of the Medieval age of...
- Asinelli Tower is a load-bearing masonry tower and fortified tower house that was built from 1109 until 1119.
- Asinelli Tower Relais Villa Valfiore. ... Between the 12th and the 13th century, the number of towers in the city was very high, possibly up to 180 (see also below).