Castello Carafa

Castello Carafa stands as a blunt statement of medieval purpose. Its irregular polygonal core, built of strikingly large stone blocks, is a fortress designed to be seen and feared. Two small square towers guard the south-west, while two massive cylindrical towers, one to the north, another to the east, the latter truncated into a terrace, anchor its defensive stance. The central body is arranged around a courtyard, once linked to the town by a drawbridge, now a fixed crossing. The round towers rise from battered, sloping walls, a classic medieval trick for deflecting siege engines. Inside, the floors are a mix of vaulted stone and flat wooden or iron beams; the roof is tiled, pitched and hipped. Today, the castle has been domesticated into seven dwellings and two storage rooms, a quiet afterlife for a structure built for war.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.