tower houses

Europe: Fortified homes

I’ve just written a couple of posts about Italy’s medieval tower houses because I found them fascinating — and a kind of unifying theme for some sightseeing while in Italy last year. However, considering mankind’s penchant for war or for simple thuggery, I guess it’s no wonder I’ve encountered other

2019-03-17T22:39:57-04:00March 17th, 2019|My Travel Corner|

Italy: Beyond the towers of San Gimignano

San Gimignano, in Italy’s Tuscany, is well known for its medieval tower houses, structures built for defense — and built to show off wealth and power. However, plenty of other towns and cities, in Italy and beyond, once had or still have tower houses, or something similar, built at least

2019-03-06T17:44:19-05:00March 6th, 2019|My Travel Corner|
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