Bagghi tower

The Torre dei Bagghi rises in the Bucalo district, in via Sparagonà, below the railway bridge; square in shape, it has two elevations above ground separated from each other by a blind vault, for this reason the upper floor was accessed by means of an embankment (some traces of it can be observed on the west wall).

Outside it is in very bad condition due to the ravages of time, while inside it retains some traces of the floor at the corners.

According to the historian Santo Lombardo, it was built in 1506 by Pietro Trimarchi, a wealthy man from the nearby town of Savoca, as a defense against pirate raids. It is called dei Bagghi (or Cortili) because when via Sparagonà did not exist, between the tower and other ancient buildings, there were large courtyards, which our ancestors called Bagli. Around there were some farmhouses.

In 1593 it appears to belong to "Crisafulli Antonina, widow of Binidittu Buculo, inhabitant of the land of Savoca" who in the Sparagonà district owned a large vineyard in addition to said tower.

Towards the middle of the 1600s it was found among the properties of Santoro Crisafulli, a nobleman from Savoce, Judge of the Royal Grand Court and Lieutenant of the Stratigò of Messina. From the end of the 18th century it belonged to the family of Angelo Caminiti (1781-1855), proponent of the municipal autonomy of Marina di Savoca, who lived in a small building adjacent to the tower of the baglio, which no longer exists.

The tower was not spared from the Bourbon shelling of 30 March 1849, which partially destroyed it and completely ruined the adjacent building.

Today the tower belongs to the Pagliuca di Scaletta Zanclea family.