The Torre dei Della Bella (Tower of Della Bella) is an old tower of
Florence, Italy and is located in Via dei Tavolini.
The tower is rectangular in plan and fronts the street. The building façade shows the typical rows of stone externally as well as some
putlog hole
Putlog holes or putlock holes are small holes made in the walls of structures to receive the ends of poles (small round logs) or beams, called putlogs or putlocks, to support a scaffolding. Putlog holes may extend through a wall to provide staging ...
s which were used in medieval times as supports for scaffolding (used to complete particularly high construction) or as placement holes for the support beams of exterior balconies.
Owned by an important family that owned the property jointly with others along this road, the tower is the birthplace of
Giano della Bella author of the
Ordinances of Justice
The Ordinances of Justice were a series of statutory laws enacted in the Republic of Florence of northern Italy between the years 1293 and 1295.
Description
These laws were directed against, and identified by name, particularly influential (i.e ...
.
The tower is located opposite the Tower of Galigai and very close to the
Torre dei Cerchi (Tower of the Circles). An inscription in stone above the large central door shows the old road numbers from the pre-nineteenth century, with Roman numerals LXXII.
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Towers in Florence