Castle
Castle of Banchette
🇮🇹 Italy
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.
Text adapted from “Banchette Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Banchette ranks #5,572 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #413 of the 487 mapped in Italy. 9 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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Where is Castle of Banchette?
Castle of Banchette stands in Italy, at 45.46212°, 7.8579°.
How famous is Castle of Banchette?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,572 of 8,133 worldwide, and #413 in Italy. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Castle of Banchette?
Ivrea Castle, about 1 km away.
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