Torre del Diavolo

Devil's Tower (Italian: Torre del Diavolo) is a tower located in the north of San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy, which flanks the Palazzo Cortesi. It is named "Devil's Tower" because of a legend in which the owner of the tower at the time returned home after a long journey, and "[was] convinced that it had grown taller, the only explanation for the phenomenon, he alleged, being that a DIY-inclined devil had been busy during his absence". It is made of white calciferous rock, possessing brackets on the top of the latter portion.

The tower houses the (Italian: Museo della Tortura), which provides scientific presentation of this subject matter.

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Torre del Diavolo ranks #3459 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #269 of the 350 mapped in Italia. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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