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Fortress in Italy

483 documented fortresss across Italy, each with real history, a location, and (where available) a photo. A sample below; the full set travels with you offline in the Atika app.

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Castello Pandone

Castello Pandone is a fortress in Italy. It is one of many fortified structures across the country, typically built for defence and later adapted as n…

EraUnknown Era

Castello-Recinto

This fortress, a rough pentagon in plan, makes brutal use of its site. On the west, it exploits a steep escarpment; to the east, a gentler slope. The …

EraUnknown Era

CASTELLO

This is a fortress in Italy. Its name simply means ‘castle’. Fortresses of this type were built for defence and control of the surrounding territory.…

EraUnknown Era

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 d…

EraMedieval

Castello Sforzesco

Castello Sforzesco is a large fortress in Milan, Italy. It is a notable example of a medieval and Renaissance defensive structure.…

EraUnknown Era

Castello di Gambatesa

On the north-east side, the Castello di Gambatesa presents a formidable face: two square towers and a dramatic split between its two wings, dictated b…

EraUnknown Era

Castello

This is a fortress in Italy called Castello. It is a fortified structure, typical of the many defensive buildings found across the Italian landscape.…

EraUnknown Era

Opera Cavaliere del Forte di Exilles

The Exilles Fort is a fortified complex in the Susa Valley, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Northern Italy. It sits on a spur commanding one of …

EraModern

Forte di Exilles

Forte di Exilles is a fortress in the Piedmont region of Italy. Norman fortifications in Italy are typically characterised by robust stone constructio…

EraNorman

Capo Passero

At Capo Passero, the fortress rises from a low, battered base, its walls built of rough, irregular stonework rendered in plaster, with squared limesto…

EraUnknown Era

Palazzo Ducale

Palazzo Ducale is a fortress in Italy. It is a type of fortified palace common across the country, often combining defensive and residential functions…

EraUnknown Era

Colonna a Genazzano

A fortress in Genazzano. It is one of many fortified structures in the Italian region, typical of the medieval period's need for defence and territori…

EraUnknown Era

Castello

A hulking presence on the main square, this fortress anchors itself with a sheer, battered base of irregular stone blocks. Its mass is softened by win…

EraUnknown Era

La Rocca

La Rocca is a fortress in Italy. It stands as a defensive structure typical of the region's fortified architecture.…

EraUnknown Era

Castello, detto della Marchesa Adelaide

The Castello, detto della Marchesa Adelaide, stands on a height overlooking the historic centre of Susa, about 50 kilometres west of Turin, next to th…

EraEarly Christian

Castello di Brucoli

Castello di Brucoli is a fortress in the town of Brucoli, on the eastern coast of Sicily. Fortresses of this type in the region were often built to de…

EraUnknown Era

Villa Grimaldi "la Fortezza"

Villa Grimaldi "la Fortezza" is a fortress in Italy. It belongs to a class of fortified rural residences common in the Italian countryside, designed a…

EraUnknown Era

Castello del Borgo

The Castello del Borgo is a compact fortress of L-shaped plan, formed by two distinct building blocks: a tower-house and a perpendicular wing. Its ver…

EraUnknown Era

Isola di Vittoria Garcia

Isola di Vittoria Garcia is a fortress in Italy. It is a defensive structure typical of the region's military architecture.…

EraUnknown Era

Forte Garcia

On a scrubby Ligurian hillside, Forte Garcia stands as a blunt statement of military purpose. Its continuous masonry, of rough, unhewn blocks plastere…

EraUnknown Era

Tour d'Amount e castello di Borgo Vecchio

A medieval fortress in Italy, the Tour d'Amount e castello di Borgo Vecchio stands as a fortified remnant of its period. It is a structure typical of …

EraMedieval

Castello Estense

Castello Estense is a medieval fortress in Ferrara, Italy. It is a well-preserved example of a moated castle from the medieval period, typical of the …

EraMedieval

Castello Pandone

At Castello Pandone, the architecture speaks in layers. Three round bastion towers mark the northern, western and southern corners, their circular for…

EraUnknown Era

fabbrica federiciana

A fortress in Italy. Its name refers to a factory or workshop, suggesting an industrial or productive purpose rather than a purely military one. Many …

EraUnknown Era

casa con arco e croce viaria

On the ground floor of this residential building, a pointed stone arch frames a rectangular monumental area containing a wayside cross. The structure …

EraUnknown Era

Rocca del Passerello

Rocca del Passerello is a fortress whose plan is oddly, engagingly irregular, centred on two internal courtyards. Its outer skin is part-rendered, par…

EraUnknown Era

Castello

A fortress in Italy. Its precise age and history are unrecorded in the available sources. Fortresses of this kind were typically built for defence and…

EraUnknown Era

Castello Principi Pignatelli

Il castello sorge alla sommità del promontorio. A pianta trapezoidale, con torri angolari e cortile quadrangolare: dal cortile si accede ai sottani ed…

EraUnknown Era

Masseria Castello

This is a fortress that never saw a siege. Masseria Castello is a rectangular block of stone and brick, a single, solid structure composed of six stru…

EraUnknown Era

Galleria di Gola del Forte Bramafam

The Forte Bramafam, a late-19th-century fortification in the Val di Susa near Bardonecchia (TO), stands on the eponymous ridge at 1,447 metres above s…

EraModern

Rocca delle Caminate

A Norman fortress in Italy. Rocca delle Caminate is a fortified structure typical of its period, designed for both defence and territorial control.…

EraNorman

Sangallo a Civita Castellana

A fortress in Civita Castellana, Sangallo is a military work of the Renaissance period in Italy. The type is best known for its robust, geometrically …

EraUnknown Era

Castel di Luco

On a spur of travertine rock, Castel di Luco rises as if the stone itself decided to grow into a fortress. The circular plan follows the natural shape…

EraUnknown Era

Castello-Palazzo Pandone

Atika describes Castello-Palazzo Pandone. This fortress answers to the lie of the land, a compact, almost triangular prism of squared and plastered st…

EraUnknown Era

Castello di S. Cassiano

Castello di S. Cassiano is a medieval fortress in Italy. It is a fortified structure typical of its period, designed for defence and control of the su…

EraMedieval

Basso forte del Forte di Exilles

This is a Baroque fortress in Italy. It is a defensive structure from that period, characterised by robust, angular bastions designed to withstand art…

EraBaroque

Castello-Palazzo Da Ponte

The Castello-Palazzo Da Ponte is a fortress that has evolved into a palazzo, a common fate for strongholds no longer needed for defence. Its original …

EraUnknown Era

Castello Angioino di Vastogiradi

The Castello Angioino di Vastogiradi is a fortified village, not a single castle, its irregular plan clinging to a hilltop. An intact curtain wall enc…

EraUnknown Era

Chiesa Madre di San Giacomo Maggiore

The Chiesa Madre di San Giacomo Maggiore is a church of unexpected character, its fortress-like exterior belying the refined interior. The longitudina…

EraUnknown Era

palazzo, plurifamiliare

This is no palace, but a sturdy, rectangular building of three storeys plus a basement, now given over to domestic life. Its plastered stone walls and…

EraUnknown Era

Palazzo De Filippis

This is a building that refuses to be rushed. A rectangular fortress of three storeys plus a basement, it now serves as a shop on the ground floor and…

EraUnknown Era

Edificio con torre circolare

The Edificio con torre circolare stands as a component of San Severino’s ancient castle fortifications, part of a defensive network that once guarded …

EraUnknown Era

Castello di Ribano

A Renaissance fortress in Italy. Castello di Ribano is a fortified structure typical of its period, when military architecture balanced defensive func…

EraRenaissance

Castello Svevo di Rocca Imperiale

A Roman fortress in Rocca Imperiale, Italy. This type of fortified structure was typical of the period's military and administrative presence across t…

EraRoman

Castello Sanfelice

Castello Sanfelice is a fortress built to the dictates of its rocky foundation. Its plan is polygonal, the walls following the uneven contours of the …

EraUnknown Era

Buca

At the western edge of the medieval borgo, this Norman fortress stands as a compact, vertical statement of military intent. Its design follows the cla…

EraNorman

Castello di Cusercoli

From the valley floor, Castello di Cusercoli presents as a long, grey silhouette, enlivened by the cypresses of its hanging gardens. The main body is …

EraUnknown Era

Castello-Palazzo di Capua

This is a fortress utterly isolated from the monumental complex to which it once belonged, a casualty of the provincial road that now severs it. The C…

EraUnknown Era

Magazzini Castello Di Capua

Magazzini Castello di Capua is a long, trapezoidal fortress building, its pitched roof a clear statement of purpose. Two storeys are marked by a strin…

EraUnknown Era

Castello Ruffo di Amendolea

Castello Ruffo di Amendolea is a medieval fortress in the town of Amendolea, at the heart of the Grecanica area in Reggio Calabria province. Its strat…

EraNorman

Castello-Palazzo de Sangro

A fortress in Italy. Castello-Palazzo de Sangro is a fortified palace, a type of defensive residence common in the Italian peninsula.…

EraUnknown Era

Santuario della B.V. della Rocca

A fortress known as the Santuario della B.V. della Rocca, in Italy. It is an Early Christian site. Fortifications from this period often combined defe…

EraEarly Christian

Castello D'Alessandro

All'interno del castello, di particolare interesse storico-artistico è la cappella gentilizia. Essa fu costruita nel 1628, come si evince dall'iscrizi…

EraUnknown Era

Malatestiana

The Malatestiana is a fortress in Italy. It belongs to a class of medieval strongholds built by the Malatesta family, who were prominent rulers in the…

EraUnknown Era

Castello di Nervi

The Castello di Nervi, a fortress overlooking the Ligurian coast, is a study in layered construction. Its tower rises in mixed stone and brick, a stur…

EraUnknown Era

CASTELLO DI GALLICO

Edificio di impianto planimetrico quadrangolare con torri angolari, strutture portanti in laterizio e pietra; copertura a tetto…

EraUnknown Era

CASTELLO SVEVO

This is a Norman fortress in Italy. Castles of this period typically combined military function with the assertion of territorial control.…

EraNorman

Castello Normanno

The Castello Normanno is a quadrilateral fortress, measuring 52 by 60 metres and rising to a height of 15. Its four cylindrical corner towers are its …

EraNorman

Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti

A fortress in Italy. This is a fortified structure, of a type common across the Italian landscape. The period of its construction and use is not recor…

EraUnknown Era

Castello Angioino Aragonese

Castello Angioino Aragonese is a fortress of deliberate, layered complexity. Its design speaks of two distinct building phases, each answering a diffe…

EraUnknown Era

Castello dei conti Della Gherardesca

This is a modern-era fortress in Italy bearing the name of the Della Gherardesca counts. Fortifications of this period in the region often reflect shi…

EraModern

Castel Cicala

Castel Cicala perches on a knoll of the Colle Cicala, isolated and commanding over the valley below. Its oldest, western section follows the plan of e…

EraUnknown Era

Il Castello Malatestiano di Monteleone

A steep ramp climbs from the village square to reach Il Castello Malatestiano di Monteleone, passing on the left a modest structure linked by a secret…

EraUnknown Era

Forte Bramafam

Forte Bramafam is a medieval fortress in Italy. It stands as a military structure typical of its period, built for defence and territorial control.…

EraMedieval

Fortezza Militare

This is a fortress built for war. The Rocca sits south of Monte Vettore, commanding the town of Arquata del Tronto and the ancient road below, the Via…

EraUnknown Era

Ruspoli già Orsini a Cerveteri

A fortress in Cerveteri, Italy, known as Ruspoli già Orsini. It stands as a fortified residence typical of the region's medieval and Renaissance power…

EraUnknown Era

Castello Ciamarra

Castello Ciamarra sits at the heart of its town, on low ground, its plan an irregular trapezoid with uneven sides. The three towers at the corners are…

EraUnknown Era

Chiesa di S. Zaccaria

Chiesa di S. Zaccaria is a fortress in Italy. It is a fortified structure, a type of building common across the Italian peninsula for centuries of def…

EraUnknown Era

CASTELLO ALTESI

Edificio a pianta quadrangolare con torrioni angolari; strutture verticali in laterizio e pietra; copertura piana e a tetto…

EraUnknown Era

Castello Caetani

Perched at the highest point of the old town, the Castello Caetani sits within the most ancient ring of walls, of which substantial traces remain. The…

EraUnknown Era

Rocca di Meldola

A Norman fortress in Meldola, Italy. This type of site typically served as a defensive stronghold and administrative centre during the medieval period…

EraNorman

Castello dei Doria di Genova

A medieval fortress in Italy, the Castello dei Doria di Genova is a fortified structure associated with the powerful Doria family. It belongs to a per…

EraMedieval

Chiesa di San Sebastiano

This is a church that keeps its secrets close. Lacking a main façade, the Chiesa di San Sebastiano is absorbed into the surrounding buildings, reveali…

EraUnknown Era

Castello di Guiglia

Castello di Guiglia is a fortress in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. It stands on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Panaro valley. Fortresses of t…

EraUnknown Era

Casa Lucenteforte

This is a fortress, then, though one that has settled into the life of the town around it. Casa Lucenteforte is built of local limestone, its walls la…

EraUnknown Era

Castello Aleramico

The Castello Aleramico faces onto the empty space of Piazza Garibaldi, its original features still discernible despite centuries of alteration. The fa…

EraNorman

Castellammare della Bruca

On the promontory where the Greek colony of Elea once stood, later known as Velia, the medieval fortified village of Castellammare della Bruca was bui…

EraUnknown Era

Oppidum di Rocca Vecchia

High on the mountain that overlooks the medieval village of Pescina, the Oppidum di Rocca Vecchia is one of the most important fortified centres of th…

EraEarly Christian

Rocca Malatestiana

Rocca Malatestiana is a fortress in Italy. It is a medieval defensive structure typical of the region's fortified architecture.…

EraUnknown Era

Castello Visconteo

The Castello Visconteo is a fortress of irregular, mixed-plan design, its rectangular core flanked by two towers: a semicircular one to the west and a…

EraUnknown Era

rocca, Rocca Estense di Trassilico

At the top of a steep hill, the Rocca Estense di Trassilico commands a 360-degree view: from the Serchio valley and the northern Apennines down to the…

EraNorman

Castello di Casalecchio

Castello di Casalecchio is a Norman fortress in Italy. It belongs to a period when such strongholds were built across the region for military control …

EraNorman

Castello di S. Andrea

On a rocky spur three kilometres from the Adriatic highway, this fortress once formed the fortified heart of a small settlement. Its vertical bearing …

EraUnknown Era

Castello Della Monica

Castello Della Monica is a modern fortress in Teramo, Italy. This type of site typically reflects 19th-century revivalist architecture, often built as…

EraModern

Chiesa di S. Eustachio

This is a church built like a fortress: a sturdy rectangle of stone and brick, ending in a polygonal apse. The main hall and apse are covered by barre…

EraUnknown Era

Palazzo del Comune

This is a fortress-palace built to command, not to charm. Its load-bearing masonry walls, a pragmatic mix of exposed stone and brick, speak of solidit…

EraUnknown Era

Palazzo Bonfranceschi

A formidable, three-storey palazzo that began life as a noble residence in the eighteenth century, Palazzo Bonfranceschi stands within the historic ce…

EraUnknown Era

Rocca Sforzesca

A fortress in the town of Soncino, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Fortifications of this period in this part of Italy were often built as s…

EraUnknown Era

Chiesa di S. Pietro Apostolo

This is a church built as a fortress, a stout, defensive statement of faith in stone. The main body is a single, rectangular hall, terminated not by a…

EraUnknown Era

Lanza Branciforte principi di Trabia

At the Lanza Branciforte principi di Trabia, history is built into the very fabric. This fortress, a product of the modern period in Italy, reveals it…

EraModern

castello, normanno

The Castello Normanno-Svevo in Gioia del Colle is a Norman castle in the historic centre, built by the Normans in the 12th century on earlier Byzantin…

EraNorman

Ricetto

At first glance, this fortress appears more as a church than a stronghold. Its rectangular plan and three aisles, each terminating in a semicircular a…

EraUnknown Era

catacombe, Castello di Malconsiglio

A Byzantine fortress in Italy, known as the Castello di Malconsiglio. Its catacombe are underground burial chambers. Byzantine fortifications in Italy…

EraByzantine

Il Castello di Pianetto

On a rocky spur above the Borgo di Pianetto, the ruins of Il Castello di Pianetto are what remain of a once-formidable fortress. The site is now a col…

EraUnknown Era

Rocca Malatestiana

La rocca di Montescudo si compone di un nucleo al centro dell’abitato (Via della Rocca, Piazza del Municipio) dove si trova un bastione poligonale in …

EraUnknown Era

Castello Lambertini

Castello Lambertini is a fortress in Italy. It belongs to a class of fortified structures common across the Italian landscape, often built for defence…

EraUnknown Era

Castello di Maredolce

The Castello di Maredolce, also known as the Favara Palace, is a medieval building in Palermo. In the Siculo-Norman age it served as one of the ‘Solat…

EraUnknown Era

Rocca Malatestiana

A fortress built of tufa, rising from the summit of a hill, its polygonal plan enclosing a single courtyard. The entire perimeter of the walls is cove…

EraUnknown Era

Rudere, già casaforte

A lone ruin stands in a meadow at the valley floor, unreachable by road or path. This medieval fortress, now a skeleton of its former self, rises from…

EraMedieval

Castello D'Evoli

A fortress in Italy. The Castello D'Evoli is a fortified structure typical of the region's defensive architecture.…

EraUnknown Era

Castello dei Carafa

A Renaissance fortress in Italy. Castello dei Carafa is a fortified structure typical of its period, built for defence and to project the power of its…

EraRenaissance

Castello di Teodorano

A Norman fortress in Italy. It is a fortified structure typical of the period, built for defence and territorial control.…

EraNorman
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