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Castello Brown from the port. The castle's site is well suited for harbour defence, and appears to have been so used since Roman times. Fortifications from the fourth century AD have been found underneath the modern castle; [1]: 63 a castrum and a turris are recorded.
Also known as Castello Visconti Venosta. Old Castle of Grosio , Grosio. Also known as Castello di S.Faustino. Mancapane Castle , Montagna in Valtellina. Mello Castle, Mello. Also known as Castello di Domofole or Castello della Regina. Mese Castle , Mese. Better known as Castello dei Peverelli. Rogolo Castle , Rogolo. Now ruined.
the 15th-century Castello Brown in Portofino, where von Arnim wrote the novel. The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by British writer Elizabeth von Arnim.The work was inspired by a month-long holiday to the Italian Riviera, and was probably the most widely read of her novels (as an English and American best seller in 1923 [1]).
Entrance to Schloss Braunfels from the town A view through the castle gates. During the Thirty Years' War, Braunfels Castle was contested and heavily damaged. [3] Due to his support for Frederick V, the Winter King, Count Johann Albrecht I of Solms-Braunfels was placed under Imperial ban, and in 1621, the castle was taken without resistance by Spanish troops on behalf of the emperor. [3]
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 ...
The Castle of Coca is a castle located in the Coca municipality, central Spain. The castle was constructed in the 15th century and has been considered to be one of the best examples of Spanish Mudejar brickwork which incorporates Moorish Muslim design and construction with Gothic architecture .
Castello Ursino (Sicilian: Casteddu Ursinu, lit. 'Bear Castle'), also known as Castello Svevo di Catania , [ 1 ] is a castle in Catania , Sicily , southern Italy . It was built in the 13th century as a royal castle of the Kingdom of Sicily , and is mostly known for its role in the Sicilian Vespers , when it became the seat of the Sicilian ...
The town of Aci Castello developed around the castle, which was built in 1076 by the Normans upon the foundations of a 7th-century Byzantine fortification. In 1169, Aci Castello started to expand after an eruption of Mount Etna made the towns in its vicinity uninhabitable. The castle later became the property of the Bishops of Catania.