Still drawing this one…Ancora un attimo, la stiamo disegnando…Einen Moment, wir zeichnen sie noch…
The distance between the towers was 200 Florentine fathoms (about 100 metres). The towers had both an aesthetic and security function. After the Porta San Frediano, proceeding towards the Arno, we find the towers of Verzaia and S. Rosa.
Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened