The Civic Tower was a tower built in the Italian city of Pavia

Pavia

Pavia , the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000...

 in the 11th century, next to Pavia Cathedral

Pavia Cathedral

The Cathedral of Pavia is a church in Pavia, northern Italy, the largest in the city. The construction was begun in the 15th century on the site of two pre-existing Romanesque cathedrals . The cathedral houses the remains of St. Sirus, first bishop of Pavia...

. Built to a rectangular footprint, it was 78 metres high.

Between 1583 and 1585 the architect Pellegrino Tibaldi

Pellegrino Tibaldi

Pellegrino Tibaldi , also known as Pellegrino di Tibaldo de Pellegrini, was an Italian mannerist architect, sculptor, and mural painter.-Biography:...

 led works to add a room at the top of the tower to house the Cathedral's bells, which it did until it was moved to a campanile

Campanile

Campanile is an Italian word meaning "bell tower" . The term applies to bell towers which are either part of a larger building or free-standing, although in American English, the latter meaning has become prevalent.The most famous campanile is probably the Leaning Tower of Pisa...

 of the Cathedral. On 17 March 1989, at 8.55am, the Civic Tower collapsed, leaving 8,000 cubic metres of brick, sand and granite rubble. The collapse killed four people and injured fifteen. It has not been rebuilt, though some elements from it are now on show at the city's Castello Visconteo

Castello Visconteo (Pavia)

The Castello Visconteo is a castle in Pavia, northern Italy, built in 1360 by Galeazzo II Visconti....

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