{"id":2252,"date":"2025-01-20T09:35:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T08:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.mantovasabbioneta-unesco.it\/?post_type=poi&#038;p=2252"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T14:30:57","slug":"torre-degli-zuccari","status":"publish","type":"poi","link":"https:\/\/mantovasabbioneta-unesco.it\/en\/poi\/torre-degli-zuccari\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>One of the Gonzaga towers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 42-metre-high tower, only partially visible today, appears to have belonged to the powerful Zuccaro family, who gave it its name.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have no certain sources on the first ownership, but we know that Pinamonte Bonacolsi purchased the tower and the annexed palace from the Ripalta family around 1270 and that from 1354 to 1590 it was among the properties of the Gonzagas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beliefs about the origin of the <strong>name<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the people of Mantua,&nbsp;<strong>Sugar Tower<\/strong>&nbsp;it is the&nbsp;<em>Tor dal s\u00fccar,&nbsp;<\/em>Sugar Tower. 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