Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel (the story of which is given in the Book of Genesis) is often given its own image in La sfera, either as a complete Tower, a tower under construction, or in ruins. Each tower is labeled as either the Tower of Babel or the Tower of Nimrod in a riotous variety of possible spellings, including Babel, Mabel, Bobello, Mobello, Nembrot, and Nebrotto. Although the Bible does not explicitly state that Nimrod initiated the construction of the tower, his reputation as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia and his connection to Babel/Babylon/Babylonia led to his association with it in both Jewish and Christian traditions. Separately from this depiction, the Tower of Babel also sometimes appears as the icon for the city of Babylon on the Sfera maps.