Torre di Bellosguardo

20 THE H I STORY Born as an outpost beyond the medieval walls, the Tower has dominated the Florentine hills for centuries. From the Cavalcanti to the Medici seasons, from its fifteenth-century reconstruction to its transformation into a villa, its history is an interweaving of power, art and memory. Today, as then, it remains a silent presence above Florence, where time does not pass — it settles. STONE AND SILENCE