Montale (Third tower)
Tower
Montale
Third fortress (Montale)
Surveillance and prison tower
Opinions differ when it comes to the use of the third fortress tower, the Montale. Presumably built at the beginning of the 14th century, it is assumed that the fortification was meant to allow inspection of the erstwhile, no longer existing trenches carved into the rock. Montale was also used as a prison. It is furthermore assumed that the fortress tower was meant to protect from the Malatesta invasion. It wasn’t needed and, thus, finished when this danger ceased to exist. After having been abandoned for centuries, the Montale wasn’t restored until 1935.
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