Italy · 16th century
Castello Tramontano ranks #4,694 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #342 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,040 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
Castello Tramontano is a 16th-century fortification situated on Lapellio Hill, above the historical city of Matera with in the Basilicata Administrative Region. It was built to control the local population.
The city has been used many times as a set to represent the Holy Land in films including: Pier Paolo Pasolini's "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" and Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ".
Text adapted from “Castello Tramontano” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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