Maestranze sec. XII, Torre degli Embriaci
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
102385
OBJECT
Torre degli Embriaci
AUTHOR
Dating
sec. XII
1100 - 1199
LOCATIONS
Genova (Liguria, Italia)
NOTES
Foto sup 126, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "If not of the 11th. century certainly before 1200. The tower / is nearly 140 feet high and was not cut down, when the law / truncated other towers, on account of the descent of the / Embriaci in the Crusades. By descent thro' females it came / to the family of Brignole-Sale, represented by the duchess / of Galliera. The tower is barlong. Guglielmo degli Embriaci brought the sacro catino to GEnova / as his share of the [...] of Cesarea in 1100. / He is said to have [...] / Benche ha passato in Cattaneo, Sale, Brignole Sale it is still called / of the Embriaci. The last marquis put up a tablet on it".
