The most impressive element of the west side of Palazzo dei Pio is the Torrione degli Spagnoli or Torrione di Galasso now closing the monumental complex in the South. The building, built between 1440 and 1450 by connecting two previous towers, is a large rectangular-shaped tower with a characteristic vertical structure, set on more levels with cross-vaulted rooms which are sumptuously frescoed.
Some very high pinnacles rising from the roofline still underline the building’s towering height. A particular interest must be paid to the ground floor frescoes, attributable to Ferrara school painters of the last decade of the XV century, and the decorations of the first floor rooms, in particular a Pio di Savoia’s coat-of-arms, mid-XV century, remarkable for manufacture and artistic quality.
