Palazzo dei Sette, Orvieto

Adjacent to the palace is the square medieval Torre del Moro which, after climbing its 300 stairs, affords a view of the rest of the town and surrounding countryside.

[1] The plaque over the entrance recalls Pope Pius V in 1571 Attached and adjacent to the palace is the 47 meter tall stone tower, Torre del Moro.

The intersection of Corso Cavour and Via del Duomo divides Orvieto into four quarters (rione): Serancia, San Giovenale, Postierla, and Santa Pace.

On one flank of the tower, a plaque recalls a line from the Purgatorio by Dante:[2]The plaque takes note, as Dante did, of the brutal civil discord caused by the Guelfs and Ghibellines in Orvieto, represented respectfully in Orvieto by the opposing Monaldeschi and Filippeschi families.

Another source states a depiction of a moor was hung from the tower during a horse race, and passing racers would poke at it with spears.