Castel del Monte

Italy / Apulien / Corato /
 castle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, 13th century construction, tourist attraction
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 interior marbles and remaining furnishings were removed. It has neither a moat nor a drawbridge and some considered it never to have been intended as a defensive fortress. However, archaeological work has suggested that it originally had a curtain wall.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castel_del_Monte,_Apulia
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Coordinates:   41°5'5"N   16°16'15"E
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