Torrione dell'Inferno
- Type
- Castles and fortifications
- Area
- City centre
- Time
- about 10 min
- When
- any time, evenings included
The Torrione dell'Inferno is a round tower from 1484, designed by Antonio Acquaviva. It was one of the responses to the Turkish invasion of Otranto, which pushed King Ferdinand I to renew the city's defences.
It is joined to the Swabian Castle by a stretch of wall, once crenellated, that has survived almost intact. Its name, according to some historians, comes from its forty gun openings: when they all fired at once, it must really have looked like hell.
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