Tower of Legnago

The Torrione-Tower of Legnago is definitely the most impressive monument in town. The Tower is an excellent representative of local military architecture, so that it is rightly defined as one of the town symbols.

The first forts of Legnago, erected along the two banks of the river Adige to defend the old river port and the river transport, date back to the tenth century; from that moment onwards, they marked the territory for about a thousand years.

In 1405 Legnago was annexed to the Republic of Venice: in the first half of the fifteenth century Legnago and Porto were surrounded by walls and provided with two castles built by the river near the accesses to the bridge.

In 1475 the Republic of Venice strengthened the castle of Legnago by building four round towers at each corner: one of the four towers has survived so far.

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