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Castelluccio

Italy · 10th century

Founded
1000
Heritage status
Italian national heritage
Location
Battipaglia
Coordinates
40.61754°, 14.99093°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Castelluccio in Italy
Photo: Freed73 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Castello di Battipaglia, known locally as "Castelluccio" or "Castelluccia", is a building of the medieval period constructed around the year 1000 on the remains of an earlier, older military structure, commissioned by Guaimar IV of Salerno in order, initially, to protect militarily a vast area that includes the zone where the river Tusciano flows, in the Tusciano valley and close to the lands situated around the river Sele.

The building stands on a hill that dominates the city in a strategic position, where the last pre-Apennine slopes give way to the Sele plain, right at the mouth of the Tusciano valley and near the ancient Roman Via Popilia.

With the passage of time and in the modern era, during the first complete renovation of the structure, the new aristocratic tastes transformed it into a noble summer residence, followed later by other extensions and works of aesthetic improvement both inside and out, which took place with the second complete renovation of the whole building.

It was declared an artistic and cultural asset by the superintendency for artistic and cultural heritage of the Campania region in 1994.

Over the centuries it has become a symbol representing the whole city of Battipaglia and its inhabitants.

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

In the rankings

Castelluccio ranks #7,321 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #510 of the 624 mapped in Italy. Founded 1000, it is older than 91% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 206 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Naples, 67 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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