Italy · 11th century
The Castle of Santa Severina, also Castello Carafa or Castello di Roberto il Guiscardo, is an 11th-century castle in Santa Severina in the Italian region of Calabria.
The complex extends over about 10,000 m² and dominates the wide valley of the Neto and the hills of the Marquisate of Crotone, adjoining the town of Crotone. It consists of a keep with a square ground plan and four cylindrical towers on the sides of the castle and is flanked by four bastions projecting from the towers.
Machine-translated from “Castello di Santa Severina” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Santa Severina ranks #6,787 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #479 of the 560 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Wikidata records about 16,000 visitors in 2022. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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