Filarete Tower

E372059

Filarete Tower is the prominent central tower and main entrance feature of Milan’s historic Sforza Castle, originally designed by the Renaissance architect Filarete.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Filarete Tower canonical 1
Torre del Filarete 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architecturalStructure ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
tower ⓘ
architect Filarete ⓘ
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Francesco Sforza ⓘ
Sforza dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Sforza
belongsTo municipality of Milan ⓘ
connectsTo courtyardsOfSforzaCastle ⓘ
linked to: Sforza Castle
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbolOfMilaneseRenaissancePower ⓘ
function gatehouseTower ⓘ
mainEntrance ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Torre del Filarete ⓘ
linked to: Filarete Tower
hasFeature archedGateway ⓘ
battlements ⓘ
centralClock ⓘ
coatOfArmsOfTheSforzaFamily ⓘ
machicolations ⓘ
hasHeight approximately 70 meters ⓘ
hasRestoration 20th century restoration works ⓘ
hasViewOver Piazza Castello ⓘ
centralCourtyardOfSforzaCastle ⓘ
heritageDesignation historicMonument ⓘ
historicalPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
isAccessPointTo Sforza Castle museums ⓘ
linked to: Sforza Castle
isAlignedWith mainAxisOfSforzaCastle ⓘ
isCentralElementOf Sforza Castle façade ⓘ
linked to: Sforza Castle
isMainEntranceOf Sforza Castle ⓘ
isPartOf Milan city walls (historic fortifications) ⓘ
isPhotographedAs iconicViewOfSforzaCastle ⓘ
languageOfAlternativeName Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ
Milan ⓘ
Sforza Castle ⓘ
locatedInFrontOf Piazza Castello ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Filarete ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedFor ceremonialEntrance ⓘ
defensiveWatch ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sforza Castle → hasPart → Filarete Tower ⓘ
Filarete Tower → hasAlternativeName → Torre del Filarete ⓘ
linked to: Filarete Tower