{"id":7822,"date":"2025-07-15T11:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montonein.it\/the-trail-of-torricino-14th-15th-centuries\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:40:12","slug":"the-trail-of-torricino-14th-15th-centuries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montonein.it\/en\/the-trail-of-torricino-14th-15th-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trail of Torricino (14th-15th centuries)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7822\" class=\"elementor elementor-7822\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff16913 elementor-section-full_width qodef-elementor-content-grid elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff16913\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b56148\" data-id=\"7b56148\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aea48a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3aea48a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montonein.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/montone-in-percorso-torricino-01-1400x933px.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Percorso del Torricino (sec. 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XIV-XV)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montonein.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/montone-in-percorso-torricino-01-1400x933px.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/montonein.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/montone-in-percorso-torricino-01-1400x933px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montonein.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/montone-in-percorso-torricino-01-1400x933px-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/montonein.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/montone-in-percorso-torricino-01-1400x933px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d7ff7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0d7ff7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe town\u2019s walls were built at the turn of the 14th century and as an adaption to changing defence requirements, towers were constructed along their length. <br>The tower near the Porta del Borgo is a clear example of this: it has a hole for artillery to mow down attackers with grazing fire, is filled with earth and has sloping walls (as far as the ground allows) to withstand bombardment more efficiently. 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