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Castle of Rapallo

Italy · 16th century

Founded
1551
Heritage status
Italian national heritage
Location
Rapallo
Coordinates
44.34783°, 9.23413°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Castle of Rapallo in Italy
Photo: Parma1983 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The castle on the sea (castello sul mare) is a defensive post in Rapallo, in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, erected to defend the stretch of water by the Lungomare Vittorio Veneto. It is also called the medieval castle, an erroneous description since the construction dates only from the second half of the 16th century.

Inside there is also a small chapel dedicated to Saint Cajetan, built in 1688, with its characteristic little dome with a bell, clearly visible from outside the castle.

It is the symbol of the town of Rapallo and has been declared an Italian national monument by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

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

In the rankings

Castle of Rapallo ranks #7,047 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #493 of the 624 mapped in Italy. Founded 1551, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 933 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 12 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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