Italy · 15th century
The Castello alfonsino (also Castel Rosso, after the colour of the carparo blocks from which it was built, or Castello di Mare) is a coastal fortress on the Isola di Sant'Andrea at the entrance to the harbour of Brindisi in the Italian region of Apulia. The fortress is connected with the Forte a Mare (also Forte di Brindisi), whose construction, begun in 1558 under the reign of King Philip II of Spain, the son of King Charles V, lasted a good 46 years.
Machine-translated from “Castello Alfonsino” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castello alfonsino ranks #6,403 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #453 of the 560 mapped in Italy. Founded 1481, it is older than 45% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 554 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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