Torre del Diavolo

Devil's Tower in Piazza della Cisterna.

Devil's Tower (Italian: Torre del Diavolo) is a tower located in the north of San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy, which flanks the Palazzo Cortesi.[1] It is named as Devil's Tower according to a legend in which the owner returned after a long journey and said it had grown taller because of a devil.[2] It sets the Torture Instruments Museums (Italian: Museo della Tortura),[3] which provides scientific presentation of this subject matter.[4]

It is made of white calcerous rock and in the top it has got brackets.[5]

  1. ^ Art and History of Tuscany. Casa Editrice Bonechi. 2008. p. 59. ISBN 9788847617926.
  2. ^ Rough Guides (15 September 2022). The Rough Guide to Tuscany & Umbria (Travel Guide eBook). Apa Publications (UK) Limited. p. 514. ISBN 9781839058745.
  3. ^ Murphy, Bruce; de Rosa, Alessandra (29 March 2007). Italy For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 261. ISBN 9780470121139.
  4. ^ Strachan, Donald (18 June 2021). Frommer's? Florence and Tuscany Day by Day. John Wiley & Sons. p. 163. ISBN 9781118167175.
  5. ^ Giada, Angeli (2 January 2023). Mi toscana insólita (in Spanish). Tektime. p. 53.