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Castel del Monte (Italian for "Castle of the Mountain"; Barese: Castìdde du Monte) is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by King Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. In the 18th century, the castle's ...
Pages in category "Ruined castles in Italy" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is a list of castles in Italy by location. Abruzzo. Forte Spagnolo, ... Castles. Rocca Borromeo di Angera, Angera. Caidate Castle , Caidate.
Arco Castle was captured in 1579, and the counts had to submit to the Habsburgs in 1614. Their estates were officially seized by Emperor Leopold I in 1680. The castle was later abandoned after a siege by French troops under General Duke Louis Joseph of Vendôme in the course of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1703. A careful restoration ...
Castello Brown is a historic house museum located high above the harbour of Portofino, northern Italy. Its site has been used for military defence since Roman times. As a Genoese coastal fort, it was called the Castello di San Giorgio. After peace fell upon the region in the early 19th century, the Castello was abandoned.
The Calatubo Castle (Latin: castrum Calathatubi; [1] Italian: Castello di Calatubo) is a fortress located near the town of Alcamo, Sicily, southern Italy.. The site has remains of a settlement of the Elymians and a necropolis.
Bussana Vecchia is a former ghost town in Liguria, Italy. Abandoned due to an earthquake in 1887, ... The original abandoned castle is now in ruins. In the 16th ...
The castle was defensive until the 17th century when it was bought by the Baglioni family as a noble residence. A gentile palace was built inside the walls, which in the 19th century fell abandoned. Since then the castle was used as a workshop and powder. [3] In 1943 during the Battle of Ortona, the castle was hit by German bombs and American ...