Tourist Attraction in City of San Marino:
Torre il Montale
The Montale, or Third Tower, is one of the towers of San Marino City which are the symbol of the homonymous Republic. The Montale is characterized by a beautiful slender shape, and has a pentagonal plant. Until the 13th century, the Third Tower was a fortress detached from the other two rocks and was connected to them in 1320 by a mighty wall, of which some traces are still visible. The Tower, named in the archives of the Palatium Montalis archives, played a major role in the struggles against the Malatesta which had the nearby Fiorentine castle. A bell signaled to the population the dangers and the arrival of travelers, who were asked for a toll. With the destruction of the Malatestian castle of Fiorentino in 1479, the Montale was abandoned. Three successive restorations have preserved the tower over the centuries, namely in 1743, 1817 and 1935, the latter gave the fortress its original shape. There is a prison in the Tower, called the Tower Fund, six feet deep and accessible from above. Unlike the other two towers, it is not accessible to the public, but still offers visitors a stunning view. The Montale is depicted on a one-hundredth pound coin from the Sammarinesque Euro coins.
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