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Castello di Montebello

Italy · 12th century

Founded
c. 1150
Style
Medieval architecture
Heritage status
Italian national heritage
Location
Poggio Torriana
Coordinates
43.9704°, 12.36775°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Castello di Montebello in Italy
Photo: Icio747~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Castello di Montebello, also known as the Castello di Guidi di Bagno, is a medieval castle located in the territory of the old Malatesta lordship of Rimini, perched on a hill 436 metres high from which it dominates the village of Montebello di Torriana, in the province of Rimini. Having belonged to the Malatesta and to the Guidi di Bagno, it was the centre of the county of the same name.

Machine-translated from “Castello di Montebello (Poggio Torriana)” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Castello di Montebello ranks #7,358 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #516 of the 624 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Florence, 92 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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