Giovanni della Torre (Gian Furiano)

Giovanni della Torre, known as Gian Furiano (c. 1291–1345), was the only son of Febo I della Torre and the first of his line born in Friuli, which gave him his nickname. He followed Patriarch Pagano della Torre in the wars against the Visconti of Milan and was defeated at Vaprio in 1324.

Back in Friuli after Pagano's death, he joined the enemies of the new patriarch Bertrando, backing Rizzardo da Camino's invasion and feuding with the Savorgnano. After a clash near Flambro, the patriarch had the stronghold dismantled and the Torriani stripped of their fiefs.

Gian Furiano still grew in power through gifts from the counts of Gorizia, who made him captain of Latisana. He died in 1345, before the league against Bertrando ended in the patriarch's murder.