[1][2] Their construction was ordered by Pope Pius IV who in 1562 issued a brief entrusting the lords of Sermoneta and San Felice with this task.

[2] The name of the tower likely originates from the abundant presence of prickly pear cacti, called fichi d'India in Italian, which still cover the rocky wall where it is located.

Pope Pius VII ordered its reconstruction in 1816, which was achieved the following year.

[1] The building is located on the easternmost point of the Mount Circeo headland overlooking the beach below and the Gulf of Gaeta to its east.

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