Castle
Castle of Sperlinga
🇮🇹 Italy · 16th century
Sperlinga (Sicilian: Spilliṅga) is a village and comune (municipality) in the Province of Enna in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Enna and 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Palermo. It has 639 inhabitants. Sperlinga borders the municipalities of Gangi and Nicosia.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Text adapted from “Sperlinga” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Sperlinga ranks #5,101 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #379 of the 528 mapped in Italy. Founded 1597, it is older than 34% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 827 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,536 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. It is one of the 28 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Sicily. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Castle of Sperlinga?
Castle of Sperlinga stands in Italy, at 37.76575°, 14.35375°.
When was Castle of Sperlinga built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1597. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Castle of Sperlinga?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,101 of 8,764 worldwide, and #379 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 Sperlinga?
Castello Normanno (Paternò), about 52 km away.
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