In the garden of the Archaeological Museum, on the side towards Via Luini, is visible a square tower dating from the late III century and belonging to the late Roman Circus. The circus of Milan, adjacent to the imperial palace, was one of the greatest of his era with a size of 470x85 mts. For centuries, the circus was testimony to the importance of the city and had also a defensive role because it was connected to one of the city walls towers (the polygonal tower visible today in the same garden of the museum). The circus was destroyed during the siege of Frederick Barbarossa in 1161. The tower visible today, was one of two (the second has disappeared) that closed the short side of the circus (racecourse), corresponding to the Carceres from which the horses came out. In VIII-IX century the tower was transformed into the bell tower of the Monastery Maggiore (S. Maurizio).

Metadata	Information
Source	Politecnico di Milano - Computer Vision & Reverse Engineering Lab
Contacts	Gabriele GuidiScientific coordinatorPolitecnico di Milano - Dipartimento di Meccanica B221Via La MasaMilano20156Italia +390223997183gabriele.guidi@polimi.it
Copyright Credit Line	Comune di Milano
Europeana Rights	The Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0)
Period Name	From the ending III century AD to present time
Provenace	The owners of the complex is: Comune di Milano
Heritage Asset Type	Circus tower