Gregorian Tower
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title:
Gregorian Tower
text:
The Gregorian Tower or Tower of the Winds is a square tower and early modern observatory located above the Gallery of Maps, which connects the Villa Belvedere with the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The tower was built between 1578 and 1580 to a design by the Bolognese architect Ottaviano Mascherino mainly to promote the study of astronomy for the Gregorian Calendar Reform which was commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII and promulgated in 1582. It was then also known as the Tower of Winds. The to
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Square tower in Vatican City
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_Tower
date created:
2013-05-08T12:00:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T01:40:51Z
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