Torre Scola in Italian, originally known as the tower of St. John the Baptist. A magnificent half-ruined fortress of the Gulf of Poets in the coastal region of Liguria in north-western Italy. It is a military defensive fortress built by the Republic of Genoa in 1606 to protect the coasts and villages. The fortress was designed to accommodate 8 soldiers (including a bomber and their captain). The Scola Tower is pentagonal and is about 42 feet tall. It was built with large blocks of square stone and has a thickness of the walls of approximately 4 feet.

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