Long before street lighting, Florence’s medieval quarters kept their own kind of order — through legend, warning tales told to children, and stories meant to explain the unexplainable in the city’s narrowest vicoli.
パグリウッツァの塔とその塔の塔
かつてフィレンツェには70基以上の防御塔がそびえ立っていたが、そのほとんどは13世紀の都市改革後に縮小された。パグリウッツァ塔のように現存する数少ない塔には、かつて要塞として利用していた貴族同士の争いにまつわる、何世紀にもわたる地元の伝説が語り継がれている。
ギベリーナ経由と中世の抗争の物語
Street names across the historic centre still echo Florence’s medieval factional wars between Guelphs and Ghibellines, a rivalry documented extensively in accounts of ゲルフ派とギベリン派のフィレンツェ, and one that gave rise to countless tales of ambushes and vendettas along the city’s narrowest streets.
Frequently asked questions
中世フィレンツェにはなぜあんなに多くの塔があったのだろうか？
Noble families built fortified towers as both status symbols and defensive strongholds during the city’s turbulent factional conflicts, before civic authorities ordered most truncated to curb private power.
ゲルフ派とギベリン派とは何だったのか？
Rival medieval political factions, broadly aligned with the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire respectively, whose conflict shaped Florence’s politics and street layout for generations.
Ask your concierge for a walking route through Florence’s surviving medieval towers — a side of the city few visitors ever see.
Continue the story in person: this highly-rated small-group Uffizi Gallery tour with Vasari Corridor access is one of the best ways to see the art and history of Florence up close.
Want a guidebook to take with you? This Florence & Tuscany travel guide on Amazon is a handy companion for planning your own route through the city.
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