Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Pavia Italy

Italian Studied Cases

ID: I14

Title: The Soncino civic tower, Cremona, Italy.

Period of construction: Middle age

Structural type: Block structure

During the Middle Ages, the town halls of Italian villages were provided with towers, which were similar in shape, but different in scope, to the bell-towers typical of the Christian churches.
The civic towers had a non-religious purpose. Sometimes they were mounting a clock, which ruled the life of the village. Often, a bell on the top was subseque


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