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Remains of the tower (between the statue base and the corner of the Pavia Cathedral).

The Civic Tower (Torre Civica) was a tower built in the Italian city of Pavia in the 11th century, next to Pavia Cathedral. Built to a rectangular footprint, it was 78 metres high.[1]

Between 1583 and 1585 the architect Pellegrino Tibaldi led works to add a room at the top of the tower to house the Cathedral's bells, which it did until it was moved to a campanile of the Cathedral.[2] On 17 March 1989, at 8.55am, the Civic Tower collapsed, leaving 8,000 cubic metres of brick, sand and granite rubble.[3] The collapse killed four people and injured fifteen.[4] It has not been rebuilt, though some elements from it are now on show at the city's Castello Visconteo.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/architetture/schede/1A050-00606/
  2. ^ a b http://www.miapavia.com/articolo.cfm?Id=572
  3. ^ http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1989/03/18/un-boato-antica-torre-si-sbriciola.html
  4. ^ http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1989/03/22/ma-pavia-ha-ancora-paura.html

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