Once, the Abbey of Sesto was guarded by as many as seven towers. Today, two remain visible, along with traces of two others along the perimeter of the monastery. The first one we encounter is Torre Grimani, which owes its name to the ancient and noble Venetian family that governed the abbey from the early 1500s to 1627.

Torre Grimani, on the facade, beneath the Lion of Saint Mark and the stone and fresco coat of arms of the Grimani family, displays some female figures, an allegory of the Good Government of the Serenissima. 

Photo Cosimo Barletta for BorghiClic.

Here are the coats of arms of the family that governed the Abbey from the beginning of the 1500s to 1627; during their "reign," the Abbey Residence in Piazza Castello, today the Town Hall, was also completely renovated and expanded. 

Friuli and Sesto al Reghena came under the rule of the "Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia" in 1420.