{"id":858,"date":"2026-03-20T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=858"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:49:54","slug":"torre-degli-anguillara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/?page_id=858","title":{"rendered":"Torre\u00a0degli\u00a0Anguillara\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-700.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-700.png 312w, https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-700-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prominent medieval Roman family, the\u00a0Anguillaras, constructed this imposing\u00a013th-century\u00a0tower,\u00a0<strong>Torre\u00a0degli\u00a0Anguillara,\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a0<strong>oldest\u00a0of\u00a0its\u00a0kind in the area<\/strong>. Their fortunes derived from marriage to other eminent Roman aristocrats, among whom the Orsini and Colonna. Hosted by Orso\u00a0dell\u2019Anguillara,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Francesco Petrarch<\/span><\/strong>, Rome\u2019s poet laureate (1341) and founder Renaissance humanism in Italy lived here as a guest in 1336. The tower fell into decay after an earthquake damaged it in the mid-15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century when it served diverse purposes: stables, market, factory. In\u00a01902\u00a0the complex was renovated and is now leased by the\u00a0<strong>Casa di Dante<\/strong>,\u00a0a society that promotes the study of\u00a0<strong>Dante Alighieri\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>works.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-701.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-860\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent medieval Roman family, the\u00a0Anguillaras, constructed this imposing\u00a013th-century\u00a0tower,\u00a0Torre\u00a0degli\u00a0Anguillara,\u00a0the\u00a0oldest\u00a0of\u00a0its\u00a0kind in the area. Their fortunes derived from marriage to other eminent Roman aristocrats, among whom the Orsini and Colonna. Hosted by Orso\u00a0dell\u2019Anguillara,\u00a0Francesco Petrarch, Rome\u2019s poet laureate (1341) and founder Renaissance humanism in Italy lived here as a guest in 1336. The tower fell into decay after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-858","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeguide.hcc-nd.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}