{"id":8915,"date":"2023-05-23T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/saracen-tower\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T10:03:19","slug":"saracen-tower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/argentario\/lily-island\/saracen-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Saracen Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8915\" class=\"elementor elementor-8915 elementor-3854\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-525ccb4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"525ccb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\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-2c39329\" data-id=\"2c39329\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-efb64d2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efb64d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e1a3f7\" data-id=\"7e1a3f7\" 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-757c33c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"757c33c\" 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<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/maremma.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/P1100713b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3860\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maremma.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/P1100713b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/maremma.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/P1100713b-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-168ba03\" data-id=\"168ba03\" 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-d885b57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d885b57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saracen Tower<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d65658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d65658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Saracen Tower is located along the east coast of Giglio Island in the heart of Giglio Porto. The tower originally belonged to the Tre Fontane Abbey in Rome in the Middle Ages before falling into the hands of the Aldobrandeschi family, who took control of the entire island in the 12th century. In the centuries following the Aldobrandeschi, the tower suffered numerous pirate attacks, many of which severely damaged the structure, despite the heavy external barbican and other defensive elements.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7186f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe7186f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Incidentally, the Saracen Tower is actually named after the pirate fleet of Saracens, who during one of their violent raids inflicted some of the most serious damage on the tower. When Italy was unified, the tower was abandoned and today it is somewhat deteriorated.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b7d45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67b7d45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You can still walk around it and admire the stone blocks, terrace, and parapet, but you can't go inside. Along the outer walls are several square windows used for surveillance, firing, and storage of gunboats.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5279390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5279390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The tower itself is also a great place to admire the sea and the surrounding bay, especially during the day when boats sail to and from the island.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saracen Tower The Saracen Tower is located along the east coast of Giglio Island in the heart of Giglio Porto. The tower originally belonged to the Tre Fontane Abbey in Rome in the Middle Ages before falling into the hands of the Aldobrandeschi family, who took control of the entire island in the 12th century. 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