Palazzo dell’Orologio

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Palazzo dell’Orologio is a historic clock-towered palace in Pisa, Italy, known for incorporating the infamous medieval Torre della Muda (or Torre della Fame) associated with Count Ugolino’s imprisonment.

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Palazzo dell’Orologio canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clock tower
historic building
associatedWith Count Ugolino della Gherardesca
linked to: Count Ugolino
associatedWithCanto Inferno, Canto XXXIII
associatedWithWork Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
city Pisa
country Italy
currentAppearanceDate Renaissance period
faces Piazza dei Cavalieri
hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance architecture
hasClockTower yes
hasElement arched passageway
central clock
symmetrical façade
hasFunction administrative use
historic landmark
hasMaterial masonry
hasMedievalOrigin yes
hasNotableEvent imprisonment of Count Ugolino and his family in the incorporated tower
hasRestoration Renaissance reconstruction incorporating earlier towers
heritageStatus cultural heritage site
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Renaissance
incorporates Torre della Fame
Torre della Muda
isPartOfUrbanEnsemble Piazza dei Cavalieri monumental complex
isTouristAttraction yes
knownFor clock tower
connection to Dante’s tale of Count Ugolino
incorporating the medieval prison tower of Count Ugolino
languageOfName Italian
locatedIn Pisa
locatedInCountry Italy
locatedInRegion Tuscany
locatedInSquare Piazza dei Cavalieri
partOf historic center of Pisa
roofType pitched roof
translationOfName Palace of the Clock
usedAs seat of institutions linked to the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

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Piazza dei Cavalieri notableBuilding Palazzo dell’Orologio
historic centre of Pisa contains Palazzo dell’Orologio
Knights’ Square hasBuilding Palazzo dell’Orologio