Italy · 11th century
The Castello di Gallipoli is a coastal fortress on the imposing mole at the far east of the island on which the town centre of Gallipoli in the Italian region of Apulia lies. It is almost entirely surrounded by the sea. It was probably built as early as the 11th century on the foundations of an old Roman fortress and then rebuilt in the 13th century, in Byzantine times. It was rebuilt several times over the centuries by the conquerors who took it.
Machine-translated from “Castello di Gallipoli” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castello di Gallipoli ranks #6,651 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #468 of the 560 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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