Fortress Ziro

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Once part of the defense walls of the Dukedom of Amalfi.
The tower was built as an outpost and watchtower to guard against attack by Saracen pirates.
The local community and, in particular, its more elderly residents rarely come here: no doubt deterred by the fact that the tower has been the theater of the most horrific events.
In the early 16th century, Giovanna D'Aragona, the Duchess of Amalfi, and her children were locked up in the tower.
Giovanna was accused of having an affair with the court butler, soon after her husband, Alfonso Piccolmini, Duke of Amalfi, died.
The relationship caused such a scandal that the Duchess's brothers decided to imprison their sister and her children, still mere infants at the time, in the tower, where they were murdered.
It is perhaps no surprise that the locals consider that the Tower is haunted, and best avoided.
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