Liguria
Province of Genoa
Genoa

Embriaci Tower

The Torre Embriaci, also called Torre degli Embriaci, located in the oldest area of , where the Castello o Castrum stood. It is the only one of the numerous towers that were located in the current historic center of Genoa to have been spared by the edict of 1196 which wanted to cut all the city towers to 80 palms.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palazzo Giulio Sale and Santa Maria di Castello.

Castle
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is a castle.

Church
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is a church and religious complex in , Italy. Administrated for a long time by the Dominicans, it is located in the Castello hill of the city, where in the Middle Ages a bishop's fortified castle existed.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Molo and Sottoripa.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the old town of the Italian city of . It was one of the six sestieri of ancient Genoa. At present it is part of Municipio I of Great Genoa.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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The Porto Antico is the historic port area of , . After a period of disuse, the area was redeveloped in 1992 and transformed into a hub for tourism, culture, and public services.

Embriaci Tower

Latitude
44.40592° or 44° 24′ 21″ north
Longitude
8.92936° or 8° 55′ 46″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8FPCCW4H+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227715388
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
10282461
Wiki­data ID
Q3995176
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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Ligurian—“Embriaci Tower” goes by many names.
  • Esperanto: “Turo de la Embriaci”
  • French: “Torre Embriaci”
  • Italian: “Torre degli Embriaci”
  • Italian: “Torre Embriaci”
  • Ligurian: “Tore di Embriæghi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Embriaci Tower”. Photo: Twice25, CC BY 2.5.