Ricci Tower (Torre dei Ricci) Florence
The Ricci tower, formerly the Donati tower, is a tower in the historic center of Florence located between Piazza Santa Elisabetta and via del Corso 48 red.

The current tower was born from the merger of two towers: that of the Donatis was on via del Corso and that of the Riccis was adjacent, but overlooking the square, thus forming a spacious tower house with a rectangular plan.

The Ricci tower has large exposed stone blocks, with a particularly regular shape (indicating later remodeling), and scaffolding holes with shelves up to the third floor, which indicate the presence in ancient times of several floors of external wooden balconies. The Riccis owned numerous towers and houses in this area, so much so that the initial stretch of via del Corso was called via dei Ricci. With the rise to power of the People ( 1250 ) the tower was decapitated

There are numerous windows that do not date from the medieval period, but are later, as evidenced by their regular appearance and the size of the openings. On the top floor there are some single lancet windows .

The tower belonged to the Donati family who owned numerous buildings in this area of ​​the Corso, close to those of their rivals Cerchi , with whom neighborhood problems resulted in bloody battles between black and white Guelphs .
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