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Why did Pope Innocent III build the Torre dei' Conti in Rome?
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Innocent III, fresco in the Abbey of San Benedetto, Subiaco, Italy.
Pope Innocent III ordered the construction of the Torre dei' Conti in Rome to help him dominate the city. It was designed as a massive military fortification, which he placed under the command of his brother, Richard, to secure his authority over Rome and the Papal States at the beginning of his pontificate.1