https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/6292d28a3a3d4a05f50a94f47a5322ab.jpg 28269af6e94f51a61e27cb3be73d5fef Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Towers on Tiber Island Description An account of the resource “For the better part of the Middle Ages, Rome must have had [a] hedgehog look.” Hundreds of towers changed and dominated the skyline of Rome in the Middle Ages due to the rise to power of new Roman noble families. Towers were never originally isolated like we see them today; they were always part of a larger complex, which were owned by the great Roman families, and they were a means by which the families could defend their land. One such family, the Pierleoni, fortified Tiber Island in the 11th century and in doing so, built a tower which overlooked the Ponte Fabricio (also called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi)—one of the only two bridges that crossed over the Tiber before the 15th century. Tiber Island was desirable land due to its strategic and hard to reach location. The tower and the fortress that the Pierloeni built held a dual role as a defensive mechanism and as a symbol of the family’s power. The fortified mansion at one point also provided protection for Pope Urban II in 1088 while the anti-pope governed the Vatican. The tower later became known as the Torre dei Caetani, since the fortress fell to the Caetani family, the family of Pope Boniface VIII, around 1300. Eventually, the Caetani family left the site due to flooding. Today, only the tower and part of the mansion remain of the medieval complex. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shweta Bhatia (2016), edited by Sam Jackson (2027) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Krautheimer, Richard. <em>Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308</em>. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context towersmedievalrome_2015 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Via di Ponte Quattro capi, 00186 Roma RM Abstract A summary of the resource. The Pierleoni family fortified Tiber Island in the 11th century and, in doing so, built a tower which overlooked the Ponte Fabricio (also called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi)—one of the only two bridges that crossed over the Tiber before the 15th century. Tiber Island was desirable land due to its strategic and hard-to-reach location. The tower and the fortress that the Pierloeni built held a dual role as a defensive mechanism and as a symbol of the family’s power. Today, only the tower and part of the mansion remain of the medieval complex. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1000s 1300s Type The nature or genre of the resource Place medieval towers Towers