About Torre Viscontea (Lecco)

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La Torre Viscontea, nota anche comeTorre medievale, è l'unica testimonianza visibile dell'antica fortezza del poderoso castello che cingeva il borgo di Lecco in Lombardia in epoca medievale.
Incastonata fra gli eleganti palazzi della piazza centrale della città, fu costruita durante il XIV secolo su iniziativa della potente famiglia milanese dei Visconti come torre di vedetta sul territorio inserita nel più ampio sistema difensivo che caratterizzava la cinta muraria di forma insolitamente triangolare del borgo.

Alessandro Manzoni, nel suo più celebre romanzo, scrive che nel Seicento il castello ospitava la guarnigione spagnola:

Source From: Wikipedia
3, Castello, Lecco, LC, LOM, Italia, 23900

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