The Torrazzo is the bell
tower of the Cathedral of Cremona in Lombardy, Italy. Towering 112.7 meters
(343 ft 6 in), it is the third-tallest brickwork bell tower in the world (the
first being the tower of St. Martin's Church in Landshut, Bavaria, and the
second at the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium). Completed in 1309,
Torrazzo is older than the Landshut tower (completed in 1500) and the Bruges
tower (completed in 1465), and it is the oldest brick structure taller than 100
m that is still standing. Built in four phases: a first dating back to the
1230s, up to the third dripstone, a second, between 1250 and 1267, up to the
dripstone under the quadriphore, a third around 1284, and the completion of the
marble spire in 1309. Its height is announced by a plaque embedded in the wall
at the base of the Torrazzo itself, stating 250 arms and 2 ounces, which in the
ancient measuring system of the Lombard towns translates to approximately 111
meters.
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