Torre del Mangia
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The Torre del Mangia was built in 1334 and is located in Siena in the Tuscany region of Italy. The tower is the focal point of the Piazza del Campo, Siena's premier square. When built it was one of the tallest non-sectarian towers in mediaeval Italy.
The Sienese survivors of the Black Plague built the marble loggia in front of the Torre del Mangia.
The tower is visible from all parts of Siena and is adjacent to the Gothic Palazzo Pubblico, town hall. The Torre del Mangia contains a bell and a clock was added to the tower in 1359.
A replica clock tower was designed by McKim, Mead & White and is located in Waterbury, CT. It formerly housed the city's train station, and is now headquarters to the region's local newspaper.
The Pilgrim Monument at Provincetown in Cape Cod was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims in Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 21, 1620. The monument is the tallest all-granite structure in the United States and the design is patterned after the Torre Del Mangia in Siena, Italy.
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