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Casale del Mino o Torre del Mino

The tower, built between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries, was later surrounded by walls and flanked by a chapel, lodgings, kitchens and stables. It is 10 m high, has a quadrangular base, four floors and, on the top, two round turrets, more recently built. The entrance is surmounted by gattoni and arrows.

De Vita R., Castelli, torri ed opere fortificate di Puglia, Bari 1974. Pappagallo C., Torri e Masserie fortificate a Molfetta, Molfetta 1996, pp. 43-51. Valente V., Gli antichi casali di Molfetta, Molfetta 1981.