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List of castles in Italy

List of castles in Italy

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This is a list of castles in Italy by location.

Sforza Castle, Milan

Abruzzo

Forte Spagnolo, L'Aquila
Rocca Calascio, Calascio
Castello di Roccascalegna, Roccascalegna
Province of L'Aquila
Province of Chieti
Province of Pescara
Province of Teramo

Aosta Valley

Fénis Castle, Fénis
Saint-Pierre Castle, Saint-Pierre
Fort Bard, Bard

Apulia

Castello Svevo, Bari
Castel del Monte, Andria
Lucera Castle, Lucera
Copertino Castle, Copertino
Province of Bari
Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
Province of Brindisi
Province of Foggia
Province of Lecce
Province of Taranto

Basilicata

The Castle of Melfi
Province of Matera
Province of Potenza

Calabria

Le Castella, Isola di Capo Rizzuto
Castle of Sant'Aniceto, Motta San Giovanni
Province of Catanzaro
  • Bastione di Malta [it]
  • Castello normanno-svevo di Nicastro
Province of Cosenza
Province of Crotone
Province of Reggio Calabria

Campania

Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino), Naples
Castel dell'Ovo, Naples
Castello Aragonese, Ischia
Province of Avellino
Battipaglia Castle, Battipaglia
Province of Benevento
Province of Caserta
Province of Naples
Province of Salerno

Emilia-Romagna

Castello Estense, Ferrara
Rocca Malatestiana, Cesena
Castello dei Pio, Carpi
The Castello di Montecuccolo, Pavullo nel Frignano
Vignola Castle, Vignola
Torrechiara Castle, Langhirano
Brisighella Castle, Brisighella
Castello di Montefiore Conca, Montefiore Conca
Fortress of San Leo, San Leo
Province of Bologna
Province of Ferrara
Province of Forlì-Cesena
Province of Modena
Province of Parma
Province of Piacenza
Province of Ravenna
Province of Reggio Emilia
Province of Rimini

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Gorizia Castle, Gorizia
Castello di Miramare, Trieste
Castello di Duino, Duino
Province of Gorizia
Province of Pordenone
Province of Trieste
Province of Udine

Lazio

Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
Castello Orsini, Soriano nel Cimino
Castello Soderini, Collalto Sabino
Castello Cesarini, Rocca Sinibalda
La Rocca Abbaziale
Castello Borgia
Province of Frosinone
Province of Latina
Province of Rieti
Province of Rome
Province of Viterbo

Liguria

Albertis Castle, Genoa
Castello di Dolceacqua, Dolceacqua
Castello di Lerici, Lerici
Castel San Giovanni, Finale Ligure
Priamar Fortress, Savona
Province of Genoa
Province of Imperia
Province of La Spezia
Province of Savona

Lombardy

Malpaga Castle
Marne Castle
Pagazzano Castle
Bonoris Castle, Montichiari
Brescia Castle, Brescia
Drugolo Castle, Lonato del Garda
Padenghe Castle, Padenghe sul Garda
Padernello Castle
Scaligero Castle, Sirmione
Castello di Carimate, Carimate
Pandino Castle, Pandino
Soncino Castle, Soncino
Castello San Giorgio, Mantua
Melegnano Castle, Melegnano
Peschiera Castle, Peschiera Borromeo
San Colombano Castle, San Colombano al Lambro
Chignolo Po Castle, Chignolo Po
Frascarolo Castle, Frascarolo
Montesegale Castle, Montesegale
Scaldasole Castle, Scaldasole
Visconti Castle, Pavia
Rocca Borromeo di Angera, Angera
Visconti Castle, Legnano
Province of Bergamo
Province of Brescia
Province of Como
Province of Lecco
Province of Lodi
Province of Mantua

Castles

Towers

Province of Milan

Castles

  • Abbiategrasso Castle [it], Abbiategrasso. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Badile Castle [it]. Built in the 15th century.
  • Binasco Castle, Binasco. Built in the 13th–14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Buccinasco Castle [it], Buccinasco. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Carpiano Castle [it], Carpiano. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Cassano Castle [it], Cassano d'Adda. Built in the 13th century by the Visconti family.
  • Cassino Scanasio Castle [it], Cassino Scanasio. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Castellazzo Castle [it].
  • Coazzano Castle [it], Coazzano. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Corneliano Castle [it], Corneliano Bertario. Built in the 14th century by the Borromeo family.
  • Cusago Castle [it], Cusago. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Grezzago Castle [it].
  • Lacchiarella Castle [it], Lacchiarella. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family but it dates back to the 10th century.
  • Longhignana Castle [it].
  • Macconago Castle [it].
  • Mairano Castle [it]. Built in the 15th century.
  • Melegnano Castle [it], Melegnano. Known as Castello Mediceo, it was built in the 13th century by the Visconti family.
  • Peschiera Castle [it], Peschiera Borromeo. Built in the 15th century by the Borromeo family.
  • Rosate Castle [it], Rosate. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family, now ruined.
  • Rozzano Castle [it], Rozzano. Built in the 15th century.
  • San Colombano Castle [it], San Colombano al Lambro. Built in the 12th century by the Frederick I and renovated in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Sforza Castle, Milan. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti and Sforza.
  • Tolcinasco Castle, Tolcinasco. Built in the 16th century by the d'Adda family.
  • Trezzo Castle [it], Trezzo sull'Adda. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Turbigo Castle [it], Turbigo. Dated back to the 9th century.
  • Visconti Castle, Legnano. Built in the 13th century by the Della Torre family.
  • Zivido Castle [it], San Giuliano Milanese. Built in the 14th century.

Towers

  • Affori Tower [it], Milan.
  • Circus Tower [it], Milan. Roman tower built by Maximian in the 3rd century.
  • Gorani Tower [it], Milan. Built by the Gorani family in the 11th century.
  • Tower of Cascina Rubone [it], Bernate Ticino. Built in the 15th century.
  • Tower of Cisliano [it], Cisliano. Known as Torre dei Gelsi, it was built in the 19th century.
  • Tower of Truccazzano [it], Truccazzano. Known as the Torrettone, it was built in the 10th century.
Province of Monza and Brianza

Castles

  • Aicurzio Castle [it], Aicurzio. Known as Castel Negrino. Built in the 13th century by the Templars.
  • Bellusco Castle [it], Bellusco. Built in the 15th century by Martino da Corte.
  • Monza Castle [it], Monza. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family.
  • Sulbiate Castle [it], Sulbiate. Known as Castello Lampugnani, it was built in the 15th century.

Towers

  • Barbarossa Tower [it], Seregno. Built in the 12th century by Frederick I.
  • Gualtieri Tower [it], Monza. Built in the 13th century.
  • Lombard Tower [it], Monza. Built in the 6th century by the Lombards.
  • Pessina Tower [it], Monza. Also known as Port scur in the local dialect, it was built in the 13th century by the Pessina family.
  • San Rocco Gate [it], Vimercate. Fortified gate built in the 12th century.
  • Vimercate Tower [it], Vimercate. Built in the 18th century.
Province of Pavia

Castles

Towers

  • Civic Tower of Pavia [it], Pavia. Built in the 11th century, the tower collapsed in 1989.
Province of Sondrio

Castles

Towers

Province of Varese

Castles

Towers

Marches

Castel di Luco, Acquasanta Terme
Gradara Castle, Gradara

Molise

Castello D'Alessandro, Pescolanciano

Piedmont

Castello dei Solaro, Villanova Solaro
Castello della Manta, Saluzzo
Castle of Grinzane Cavour, Grinzane Cavour
Castle of Racconigi, Racconigi
Castello ducale di Agliè, Agliè
Castle of Moncalieri, Moncalieri
Castle of Rivoli, Rivoli
Castello di San Genuario, Crescentino
Province of Alessandria
Province of Asti
Province of Biella
Province of Cuneo
Province of Novara
Province of Turin
Province of Vercelli

Sardinia

Cagliari

  1. Castello di San Michele, Cagliari
  2. Palazzo Reale, Cagliari

City palaces of Cagliari and fortifications of the town are not noted here.

Province of Nuoro

Castle Malaspina, Bosa
  1. Castello della Fava, Posada
  2. Castello di Pontes, Galtellì
  3. Castello di Medusa, Lotzorai

Province of Oristano

  1. Castello di Ghilarza, Ghilarza
  2. Castello Malaspina ( Castello di Serravalle or Castello Bosa), Bosa
  3. Castello di Medusa, Samugheo
  4. Castello del Montiferru (Casteddu Ezzu), Cuglieri

Province of Sassari

Castelsardo
  1. Castello di Burgos (Castello del Goceano), Burgos
  2. Castello di Casteldoria, Santa Maria Coghinas
  3. Castello di Castelsardo, Castelsardo
  4. Castello di Chiaramonti (Castello dei Doria), Chiaramonti
  5. Castello Malaspina (Castello di Osilo), Osilo
  6. Castello di Monteleone Rocca Doria, Monteleone Rocca Doria
  7. Castello di Pedres, Olbia
  8. Castello di Sassari, Sassari

Province of South Sardinia

Ruins of the fortress’’Fortezza Vecchia’’
  1. Castello di Acquafredda, Siliqua-Cixerri
  2. Castello di Arcuentu (Castello di Erculentu), Arbus, castle ruins on Monte Arcuentu
  3. Castello di Baratuli ( Castello di Monte Oladiri), Monastir
  4. Casa Fortezza Marchesi de Silva, Villasor
  5. Castello di Gioiosa Guardia, Villamassargia
  6. Castello di Salvaterra ( Castello di Iglesias), Iglesias
  7. Castello di Las Plassas (Castello di Marmilla), Las Plassas
  8. Castello di Monreale, Sardara
  9. Castello di Quirra, Villaputzu-Quirra, (39.5302664°N 9.6026389°E / 39.5302664; 9.6026389 (Castello di Quirra))
  10. Castello di Sanluri, Sanluri
  11. Castello di Sassai (Castello Orguglioso or Castello Orgoglioso), Silius
  12. Castello di Villasor (Castello Siviller (di Villasor)), Villasor
  13. Fortezza Vecchia di Villasimius, Villasimius
See also: Castles of Sardinia

Sicily

Castello Ursino, Catania
Castello di Lombardia, Enna
Castello Maniace, Syracuse

In Sicily there are 350 medieval castles and hundreds of other historical periods.

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

Reifenstein Castle, Freienfeld
Castle Tyrol, Meran
Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento

Tuscany

Poppi Castle, Poppi
Castello di Romena, Pratovecchio
Castello di Bibbione, San Casciano in Val di Pesa
Castle of Sammezzano, Reggello
Castello di Punta Ala, Punta Ala
Castello di Triana, Roccalbegna
Forte Stella, Porto Ercole
Rocca Silvana, Castell'Azzara
Old Fortress of Livorno, Livorno
Gherardesca's Castle, Bolgheri
Castello Malaspina, Fosdinovo
Rocca Malaspina, Massa
Fortezza della Verrucola, Fivizzano
Medicean Fortress, Volterra
Fortezza Santa Barbara, Pistoia
Castello dell'Imperatore, Prato
Castello delle Quattro Torra, Siena
Castello di Brolio, Gaiole in Chianti
Castello di Spedaletto, Pienza
Castello di Staggia Senese, Poggibonsi
Rocca Aldobrandesca, Piancastagnaio
Rocca Montalcino, Montalcino
Province of Arezzo
  • Castello di Belfiore, Capolona
  • Castello di Capraia, Talla
  • Castello di Caprese Michelangelo
  • Castello Cattani, Chiusi della Verna
  • Castello di Cennina, Bucine
  • Castello dei Conti Guidi, Castel San Niccolò
  • Castello dei Conti Guidi, Montemignaio
  • Castello dei Conti Guidi, Poppi
  • Castello di Faltona, Talla
  • Castello di Fronzola, Poppi
  • Castello di Gressa, Bibbiena
  • Castello di Montauto, Anghiari
  • Castello di Montebenichi, Bucine
  • Castello di Montecchio Vesponi, Castiglion Fiorentino
  • Castello di Porciano, Stia
  • Castello di Pieve a Ranco, Arezzo
  • Castello di Romena, Pratovecchio
  • Castello di Rondini, Arezzo)
  • Castelsecco, Arezzo
  • Castello di Gargonza, Monte San Savino
  • Castello di Pontenano, Talla
  • Castello di Valenzano, Subbiano
  • Castelnuovo di Subbiano
  • Fortezza Medicea, Arezzo
  • Rocca del Girifalco, Cortona
  • Rocca di Pierle, Cortona
Province of Florence
Province of Grosseto
Province of Livorno
Province of Lucca
Province of Massa and Carrara
Province of Pisa
Province of Pistoia
Province of Prato
Province of Siena

Umbria

Rocca Albornoziana, Spoleto
Rocca Flea, Gualdo Tadino

Veneto

Castello di Zumelle, Feltre
Cini Castle, Monselice
Castelbrando, Cison di Valmarino.
Castello di Roncade, Roncade
Rocca dei Tempesta, Noale
Castello Scaligero, Soave
Province of Belluno
Province of Padua
Province of Rovigo
Province of Treviso
Province of Venezia
Province of Verona
Province of Vicenza

See also

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