People's Tower (Assisi, Italy)

Italy / Umbria / Assisi / Assisi, Italy / Via San Paolo
 clock tower, bell tower, interesting place

"People's Tower" The tower stands on the Piazza del Popolo and the common square. Its construction dates from the second half of the thirteenth century. However, the tower was built in several stages, and only in 1305 was completed the top floor. The clock was installed in mid-fifteenth century. The tower housed the City Land Registry and the College of Notaries. In 1926 he was placed on the Bell Tower of Lauds, weighing 40 kilograms, was donated by the municipalities in Assisi in Italy. The bell is engraved with the Canticle of the Creatures, maximum and sublime poetic expression of S. Francis.
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Coordinates:   43°4'16"N   12°36'52"E
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