Castle
Castello Visconteo
🇨🇭 Switzerland · 14th century
Visconti Castle Italian: Castello Visconteo is a castle in Locarno, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
In January 2004, the Italian historian Marino Vigano' speculated that it may have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci: after 7 years of studies, the Leonardo's Rivellino was recognized as a Da Vinci project.
Text adapted from “Visconti Castle (Locarno)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castello Visconteo ranks #2,712 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #33 of the 91 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1341, it is older than 62% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 220 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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