Photo: Sailko, CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Fortress / Tower
Torre dei Della Bella
Tower in Florence, Italy
- Within the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Historic Centre of Florence”
At a glance
- Type
- Fortress / Tower
- Coordinates
- 43°46′15″ N, 11°15′22″ E
About
The Torre dei Della Bella (Tower of Della Bella) is an old tower of Florence, Italy and is located in Via dei Tavolini.
The tower is rectangular in plan and fronts the street. The building façade shows the typical rows of stone externally as well as some putlog holes which were used in medieval times as supports for scaffolding (used to complete particularly high construction) or as placement holes for the support beams of exterior balconies.
Owned by an important family that owned the property jointly with others along this road, the tower is the birthplace of Giano della Bella author of the Ordinances of Justice.
The tower is located opposite the Tower of Galigai and very close to the Torre dei Cerchi (Tower of the Circles). An inscription in stone above the large central door shows the old road numbers from the pre-nineteenth century, with Roman numerals LXXII.
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Getting there
Firenze Santa Maria NovellaTrain, nearest
1.0 km as the crow flies
Torre dei Della Bella
Aeroporto Firenze Amerigo Vespucci6.1 km
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Torre dei Della Bella?
Torre dei Della Bella is in Florence, in the province of Firenze (Tuscany), Italy. GPS coordinates: 43.77090, 11.25610.
What else is there to see near Torre dei Della Bella?
Nearby you’ll find: Torre dei Cerchi (0 m away), Ospizio della Quarconia (0 m away), Palazzo dei Cerchi (100 m away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 4 photos
- Torre dei Della Bella — Sailko, CC BY 2.5
- Torre dei Della Bella 02 — sailko, CC BY 2.5
- Via dei tavolini 2, torre dei della bella, 01,0 — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Via dei tavolini 2, torre dei della bella, numero 71, 01 — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences