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Pavia, the city of the “hundred towers”. In actual fact, there were 78 towers: 35 of which are still standing, there are still some remains of 16 and the other 29 are merely memories from documents. The towers that almost certainly stood over the city’s rooftops and for which Pavia is famous, were destroyed. There are however a series of ruins strewn between houses which make the city particularly evocative. The most important ruins are undoubtedly the three towers in the Leonardo da Vinci square, with the Torre del Maino measuring 51 metres high. The towers in the ex convent San Tommaso in piazza del Lino are also noteworthy; as is the Torre Belcreda the tower of San Dalmazio in via Luigi Porta; along with Torre Lacchini in piazza Borromeo. They are the seven highest towers remaining standing.