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Castello di Sorci

Italy

Style
Medieval architecture
Location
Anghiari
Coordinates
43.51433°, 12.0757°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Castello di Sorci in Italy
Photo: Bredulli · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The castle of Francesco Sorci is a small fortress located in the locality of San Lorenzo, near Anghiari, in the province of Arezzo. Between 1234 and 1650 it was the summer residence of the influential Ghibelline house of Arezzo, the Tarlati di Pietramala (1234-1388), of the famous condottiero Baldaccio Bruni (1400-1441) with his wife Annalena Malatesta (1416-1491), and of the noble Pichi family of Sansepolcro (1443-1650).

Machine-translated from “Castello di Sorci” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Castello di Sorci ranks #7,125 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #500 of the 624 mapped in Italy. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 867 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Florence, 72 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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