Muda (tower)

The Muda Tower, also known as the Torre dei Gualandi, is a historic structure in Pisa that is now part of the Palazzo dell'Orologio on the north side of Piazza dei Cavalieri. The tower originally stood on the right side of today's building and belonged to the influential Gualandi family in the thirteenth century. The site is best known for the tragic fate of Ugolino della Gherardesca and his sons and grandsons, who were walled up here and starved to death. Dante Alighieri immortalized this historic episode in his "Divine Comedy," which gives the structure special literary and cultural significance.