Torre del Diavolo
Tower in San Gimignano, Italy
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Devil's Tower (Italian: Torre del Diavolo) is a tower located in the north of San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy, which flanks the Palazzo Cortesi.[1] It is named "Devil's Tower" because of a legend in which the owner of the tower at the time returned home after a long journey, and "[was] convinced that it had grown taller, the only explanation for the phenomenon, he alleged, being that a DIY-inclined devil had been busy during his absence".[2] It is made of white calciferous rock, possessing brackets on the top of the latter portion. [3]
The tower houses the (Italian: Museo della Tortura),[4] which provides scientific presentation of this subject matter.[5]