Category Archives: Towers

Currently the tower, the ancient gateway to the city of Acquapendente, houses the Visitor Center of the Municipality of Acquapendente and the Monte Rufeno Nature Reserve. A welcome point for tourists: inside it you can receive, from qualified personnel, all the information of a receptive, playful and didactic nature, useful for spending pleasant days in Acquapendente or in the immediate vicinity. It is also possible to book educational activities and extraordinary openings of the Museums. It is possible to receive information on products and places (wineries, oil mills, etc.) for food and wine tourism. You will also find information material, such as guides and maps, to organize your stay independently.

According to tradition, the tower is nothing more than the last part of the building of the ancient castle of Frederick Barbarossa still in situ erected in the highest part of the town, where its governor Guelph VI was stationed. The rebellion of the Acquesians from the oppression of Barbarossa led to the destruction of the castle in 1166.