Castle of Verrazzano

The Castle of Verrazzano (Italian: Castello di Verrazzano) is located about a mile from the center of Greve in Chianti in Tuscany, Italy, and sits on a mountain spur above the River Greve.

The castle dates back to an Etruscan, and then Roman, settlement. The Verrazzano family held the castle for centuries and the navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano is said to have been born there in 1485.

The last Verrazzano died in 1819, and the property passed through various wealthy Florentine families before coming to the Cappellini family in 1958.

A monument in New York City at the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge, which was named after Giovanni, includes three stones that were carved from the ancient wall of the castle.

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Castle of Verrazzano ranks #5,558 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #410 of the 487 mapped in Italy. 20 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Florence, 19 km away. It is one of the 35 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Tuscany. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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