Considered one of the best preserved towers in the historic center , the Lengueglia D'Oria Tower was restored in 1936 by the lawyer Alfonso Lodolo D'Oria , the owner at the time.
It has a massive and imposing structure, similar to that of the Cazzulini Tower, and leans slightly backward , perhaps due to subsidence. Two sides are hidden by surrounding buildings, but the one on Via Medaglie d'Oro allows us to clearly see the tower's evolution over time.
Above we find a Romanesque mullioned window in brick, partially blocked by a Gothic three-light window , probably added between the 14th and 15th centuries.
The entrance portal is a twentieth-century reconstruction , while the fifteenth-century access staircase retains an architrave where the family coat of arms once stood, now lost.
On the other side, in via BE Maineri , you can admire a sequence of 15th-century triple lancet windows , part of a medieval housing complex among the tallest in Albenga .
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