https://omeka-dev.carleton.edu/cgmrdev/files/original/347111572ac68aaac4cdb6b83624629a.jpg c43c11aeae0387e7c0ba5731e0bfcd81 Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Torre dei Conti: A Family Fortress Subject The topic of the resource Towers Description An account of the resource The Torre dei Conti dominates the landscape, just as it once surpassed any other Roman tower in height and width. Named after one of the most powerful families of medieval Rome, this tower stood in the middle of a violent conflict between the Conti family and another powerful family of Rome (the Orsini) at the beginning of the thirteenth century. This conflict was deeply rooted in economic and historical rivalry, which eventually led to a violent attack on the tower as the Orsini tried to turn the city against the Conti. The tower, however, was only one part of a complex Conti fortress created to protect them. Following a common trend in medieval architecture, this compound-tower apparatus once stood as the grand symbol of the Conti family.<br /><br />A member of the Conti family, Pope Innocent III built the tower as a way to commemorate them. However, the tower represented another sort of conflict. Scholars have said that Innocent III took money illicitly from the church and gave it to his brother to build the tower. This controversy has led some to believe that the Ospedale di Santo Spirito was built as a way for Innocent to atone for his sin.<br /><br />After an earthquake in the mid-fourteenth century, part of the tower was destroyed. Over time, the tower has undergone more weathering and destruction. However, the remaining base still stands tall among the modern city of Rome. With its own road (Via Torre dei Conti), the legacy of this tower certainly remains prominent across the city’s history. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Madison McBride (2016) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brentano, Robert. Rome Before Avignon: A Social History of Thirteenth Century Rome. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Hart, Vaughan and Peter Hicks, trans. Palladio’s Rome. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Krautheimer, Richard. Rome: Profile of a City, 312-1308. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context torreconti_2015 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Torre dei Conti, 00184 Roma RM Abstract A summary of the resource. The Torre dei Conti dominates the landscape, just as it once surpassed any other Roman tower in height and width (Krautheimer 204). Named after one of the most powerful families of medieval Rome, this tower stood in the middle of a violent conflict between the Conti family and another powerful family of Rome (the Orsini) at the beginning of the thirteenth century (Brentano). Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1200s Type The nature or genre of the resource Place Towers