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Castle of Mussomeli

Italy · 14th century

Founded
1364
Style
Medieval architecture
Heritage status
Italian national heritage
Location
Mussomeli
Coordinates
37.57735°, 13.77165°
Castle of Mussomeli in Italy
Photo: Gioachino.gruttadauria · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Castello di Mussomeli (also known as the Castello manfredonico) is a fortress erected between the 14th and the 15th century. It stands on a crag, two kilometres east of Mussomeli (province of Caltanissetta), at a height of about 778 metres.

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

In the rankings

Castle of Mussomeli ranks #6,369 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #446 of the 624 mapped in Italy. Founded 1364, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 797 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 902 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. It is one of the 35 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Sicily. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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