Asinelli tower

tower in Bologna
Place Inclined Tower Q16511590

Facts

15 properties

Designation

Instance of
inclined tower, Bologna tower[4]
Heritage designation
Italian national heritage[13]

Location

Country
Italy[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Bologna[2]
Street address
piazza di Porta Ravegnana ‒ Bologna (BO), strada Maggiore, 2[18][19]

Period and style

Inception
1150[8]
Height
+97.2[15]
More facts +7
Angle from vertical
+1.3[17]
Depicted by
Vignette Study of Leaning Towers of Bologna (Torre Asinelli and Torre Garisenda), ?for Rogers’s ‘Italy’[12]
Has part(s) of the class
thread[16]
Named after
Asinelli[5]
Native label
Torre degli Asinelli[14]
Time of earliest written record
1185[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Asinelli tower en Torre degli Asinelli es torre Asinelli fr Torre degli Asinelli fr tour Asinelli it Torre Asinelli ja アシネッリの塔 ja アジネッリ塔 pt Torre dos Asinelli ru Башня Азинелли sv Asinellitornet tr Asinelli Kulesi uk Вежа Азінеллі zh 阿西内利塔
🔖 Identifiers · 11
GND ID
7705741-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
2tours bologne 082005.jpg ↗
CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID
15201
Fondoambiente.it ID
torre-degli-asinelli
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1q676rfb3
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
343715
OpenStreetMap way ID
46965352
Structurae structure ID
20002466
Tourer.it ID
5430
Wiki Loves Monuments ID
08A9440072

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Summary

Asinelli tower is an inclined tower[1].

Body

Geography

Part of include Two Towers[6], a building complex[20], in Italy[21] and Towers of Bologna[7], a building complex[22], in Italy[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Atlante castellano d'Italia. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Atlante castellano d'Italia. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Tourer.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Tourer.it. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Bibliotecasalaborsa.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Tourer.it. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Tourer.it. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bibliotecasalaborsa.it. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Asinelli
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Bologna
    Inception → 12th century
    OpenStreetMap way ID → 46965352
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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