https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/43acb5abaff25da65a795b0ce6fb7425.png 94aad50a77ae98db5285a28e91b21d58 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 Torre del Grillo Description An account of the resource <br /> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Due to the lack of documentation of the tower during the Middle Ages, much of its history is less clear than some of the more famous towers in the area. Some sources attribute its construction to Gilidone Carbone, a member of the Colonna family who is also credited with building the Torre di Colonna, but recent studies have called that into question. The first document to reference the tower using its current name was a 1675 peace agreement (strumento di concordia) between Girolama Ottaviani Orsini and the marchese Cosmo Del Grillo. </span></p> <br /> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">According to documents written soon after the acquisition of the tower by the Del Grillo family, the tower originally belonged to the Colonna family, then changed hands to the Conti. However, it was built using the same masonry techniques as both the Torre dei Conti and the Torre di Milizie, and was likely used by the Conti to reduce the distance that forms of communication like fire and smoke would need to travel in order to send messages between the two major Conti family towers.</span></p> <br /> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Conti family kept control of the tower until the second half of the 17th century, when the Del Grillo family acquired the tower from Baldassarre of the Conti and connected it to their noble palace. The stucco decoration, which can be found at the top of the tower, reads "Ex Marchione de Grillis," which was the first inscription on the tower.</span></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Laura Diamond (2020), edited by Sam Jackson (2027) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context torregrillo_2017 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Piazza del Grillo, 5, 00184 Roma RM Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1300s Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Keyvanian, Carla. <em>Hospitals and Urbanism in Rome, 1200-1550. </em>Leiden: Brill, 2015. Bernacchio, Nicoletta.  "Roma. Torre del Grillo: Vicende storiche e analisi strutturale."  <em>Archeologia Medievale </em>23(1996): 763-775. Abstract A summary of the resource. The Torre del Grillo is a well-preserved medieval tower that was part of the Del Grillo family’s noble palace. The tower was originally built by the Colonna family and subsequently passed to the Conti family before being acquired by the Del Grillo family. The tower is less documented than other towers in the area. The first document to reference the tower using its current name was a 1675 peace agreement (strumento di concordia) between Girolama Ottaviani Orsini and the marchese Cosmo Del Grillo. This tower is representative of the role of towers as strategic symbols of power for the noble families of Rome.