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The Torre Troyana is a 44-metre medieval tower on Piazza Medici in Asti, completed between 1260 and 1280 by the Troya banking family and later joined to the palace of the city's government. It ends in swallowtail battlements under a metal cupola that covers a working clock. Visitors climb its 199 steps to a view over the roofs of Asti.

Asti Cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and to Saint Gotthard, is the seat of the Diocese of Asti and, at 82 metres long, one of the largest churches in Piedmont. The Gothic brick church keeps capitals from the early 14th century and a Romanesque bell tower rebuilt from 1266. Its walls and vaults are covered with frescoes from the early 18th century.