To show off the wealth and prestige of the family mostly. Usually their houses were right by the towers. The higher the tower, the richer the family obviously.

To show off the wealth and prestige of the family mostly. Usually their houses were right by the towers. The higher the tower, the richer the family obviously. They were pretty common in every big enough city in Italy at that time. Another good example would be Perugia. At a certain point it was even called “turrita”, literally “of towers”. As of now there’s only one left, Sciri Tower[0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_degli_Sciri?wprov=sfti1#Gallery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_degli_Sciri?wprov=sfti1#...