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Torre della Zecca

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The Torre della Zecca (Mint Tower) is a tower in the city walls of Florence, closing the city off from the river Arno to the east and thus known as a "torre terminale". It is now isolated in the middle of a junction on the viali di Circonvallazione in piazza Piave, near the lungarno della Zecca Vecchia.

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Torre della Zecca
Piazza Piave, Florence Quartiere 1

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Torre della Zecca

Piazza Piave
50121 Florence, Quartiere 1
Tuscany, Italy
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