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tetto del Duomo di Cremona (dal Torrazzo)

dopo una salita di 502 scalini, si raggiunge la cima (112 metri) del simbolo di Cremona: il Torrazzo.

La fatica è compensata dalla stupenda vista della città.

 

The roof of the Cathedral of Cremona (from Torrazzo)

After a climb of 502 steps, you reach the top (343 ft 6 in) of the symbol of Cremona: the Torrazzo.

The effort of the climb is compensated by the stunning view of the city.

 

 

Si sono distinte quattro fasi nello sviluppo della costruzione della torre: una prima, risalente al terzo decennio del XIII secolo, fino alla terza cornice marcapiano; una seconda al 1250-1267, fino al cornicione sottostante la quadrifora; una terza, verso il 1284, come raccordo per la quarta fase, rappresentata dalla guglia marmorea (ghirlanda) terminata entro il 1309.

Nel Torrazzo, al quarto piano, è stato in seguito incastonato uno degli orologi astronomici più grandi del mondo. Costruito da Francesco e Giovan Battista Divizioli (padre e figlio) tra gli anni 1583-1588, l'orologio rappresenta la volta celeste con le costellazioni zodiacali attraversate dal moto del Sole e della Luna.

 

The Torrazzo is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Cremona, Lombardy, in northern Italy. At 112.7 metres (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. However the Torrazzo (completed in 1309) 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.

It was 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.

In the Torrazzo's fourth storey resides the largest astronomical clock in the world. The mechanism was built by Francesco and Giovan Battista Divizioli (father and son) between 1583 and 1588. The exterior, originally painted by Paolo Scazzola in 1483 but later repainted many times, including by Giovanni Battista Dordoni, represents the sky with zodiac constellations and the Sun and Moon moving through them.

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