Italy · 11th century
Montecuccolo Castle (Italian: Castello di Montecuccolo) is a castle in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena, Italy.
The castle was the birthplace of the 17th-century condottiero Raimondo Montecuccoli.
The castle's main tower was built in the 11th century as a watchtower to protect the surrounding town. A defensive wooden palisade was erected at its base. In the 12th century, an adjoining fortified house was constructed, along with stone walls that replaced the original palisade.
During the 13th and 14th centuries, additional buildings were added and the walls were extended to enclose them, forming an internal piazza. In the 15th and 16th centuries, a church—the Church of San Lorenzo—was built, enclosing a second, smaller piazza at a lower elevation than the earlier structures.
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Castello di Montecuccolo ranks #6,192 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #436 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. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bologna, 47 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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