Italy · 12th century
Banchette Castle (Italian: Castello di Banchette) is a castle located in Banchette, Piedmont, Italy.
The castle already existed in the 12th century. It was originally built as a fortified house upon ancient Roman vestiges by the Di Banchette family.
At the end of the 19th century, Emilio Pinchia, owner of the property at that time, commissioned Ottavio Germano to renovate the castle. Germano had previously worked as collaborator of the more famous architect Alfredo d'Andrade.
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Castle of Banchette ranks #5,903 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #417 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Turin, 45 km away. It is stop 17 of 18 on the Aosta Valley castle route, Aosta to Ivrea. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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