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Fortress of San Leo

🇮🇹 Italy · 15th century

Fortress of San Leo in Italy
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The Fortress of San Leo is a castle on the border of the Romagna and Marche regions of Italy. The castle is best known as the site where Count Cagliostro died. It was one of the palaces owned by Federico da Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza and was a fortified, palatial retreat. It is now a museum.

Text adapted from “Forte di San Leo” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fortress of San Leo ranks #2,206 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #185 of the 288 mapped in Italy. Founded 1441, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 162 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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