Torre del Popolo

Close to the Temple of Minerva stands the very tall Torre del Popolo (47 m.). The tower was built for the office of the Captain of the People, of which there is evidence in Assisi in the year 1267. The building was partly completed in 1274, a date readable on a bell, and housed the Captain's family, as is recorded for the year 1279. An inscription at the base of the tower states that the construction was completed in the year 1305, at the time of Captain Cabrino from Parma. On the occasion of the seventh centenary of the death of Saint Francis (1926), the crowning with Ghibelline battlements at the top was added.