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Encyclopedia > Torre della Ghirlandina
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena1
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Cathedral with the Ghirlandina
State Party Flag of Italy Italy
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iii, iv
Identification no. 827
Region2 Europe and North America
Inscription History
Formal Inscription: 1997
21st WH Committee Session
WH link: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/827

1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List
2 As classified officially by UNESCO
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...

The Torre della Ghirlandina or Torre Civica is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The Cathedral with the Ghirlandina. ... Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ...


Standing at 86.12 m, the tower is the traditional symbol of the city, being visible from each direction outside it.


The strucutre was set up in 1179 on five floors, initially called Torre di San Geminiano. Reasons of rivalry with Bologna's towers had the commune add the characteristical octagonal cusp, designed by Arrigo da Campione, one of the numerous masters from Campione who took part in the cathedral's renovation in the 13th-15th centuries. The top of the tower is decorated with two ghirlande (two marble railings), whence the name. Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... Map showing the location of the Campione enclave near the center. ...


In the interior, the Sala della Secchia room (with 15th century frescoes) is home of of a copy of the Secchia rapita depiction, a memory of the tower's former role as treasury of the Modenese commune. Also notable are the sculpted capitals in the Sala dei Torresani hall, in the fifth floor. And unique is the panorama enjoyable from the top.



 

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