St. John's Tower (Rome)

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Torre San Giovanni ("St. John's Tower") is a round structure located on a hilltop in the westernmost tip of Vatican City, Rome, near Vatican Radio and overlooking the Vatican Gardens. The Medieval tower is located along an ancient wall built by Pope Nicholas III, but it fell into disuse at the beginning of the 16th century.
It was rebuilt by Pope John XXIII in the early 1960s.
In modern times, the Tower houses papal apartments used by popes when maintenance work is being done on the Apostolic Palace and also is reserved for illustrious guests of the Pontiffs. In 1979, Pope John Paul II temporarily moved into Torre San Giovanni while the renovation work in his official single apartment was being completed.