Vignazza Tower
Vignazza Tower is a 16th-century coastal watchtower in Giardini Naxos, Sicily, southern Italy. Today, the tower is in good condition.Photo: Jeanne boleyn, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alcantara railway station and Monumento a Tysandros, vincitore a l’Olimpia.
Alcantara railway station
Railway station
Photo: VincentLR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alcantara railway station is situated 1½ km west of Vignazza Tower.
Monumento a Tysandros, vincitore a l’Olimpia
Monument
Photo: Danysan1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monumento a Tysandros, vincitore a l’Olimpia is situated 680 metres northeast of Vignazza Tower.
Taormina–Giardini railway station
Railway station
Photo: VincentLR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taormina–Giardini railway station is a historic railway station in the Italian municipality of Taormina in Sicily. It is owned by the Ferrovie dello Stato, the national rail company of Italy. Taormina–Giardini railway station is situated 3 km northeast of Vignazza Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naxos and Taormina.
Naxos
Neighborhood
Photo: Alun Salt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Naxos or Naxus was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia, presently situated in modern Giardini Naxos near Taormina on the east coast of Sicily. Much of the site has never been built on and parts have been excavated in recent years.
Taormina
Photo: Pjt56, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taormina is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia
Photo: Simone.tinella, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia is a city in the province of Catania on the north eastern slopes of Etna on the Ionian coast.
Vignazza Tower
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: coastal tower, building, tourism, historic site, and historic building
- Location: Giardini Naxos, Messina, Sicily, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.8212° or 37° 49′ 16″ northLongitude
15.26852° or 15° 16′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8F9QR7C9+FCOpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7928956
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Italian—“Vignazza Tower” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Turo Vignazza”
- Italian: “Torre Vignazza”
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