Italy · 13th century
The Castello Svevo di Brindisi, also called Castello di Terra (in distinction to the Castello di Mare) or Castello Svevo-Aragonese (because of its Hohenstaufen origin and the later rebuildings in the period of the rule of the House of Aragon), lies in the town of Brindisi in the Italian region of Apulia. The town castle was built on the edge of the old town and of the inner part of the harbour, so that both important parts of the town could be defended from the castle.
Machine-translated from “Castello Svevo (Brindisi)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castello Svevo (Brindisi) ranks #6,655 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #469 of the 560 mapped in Italy. Founded 1227, it is older than 73% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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