Italy · 15th century
Castello normanno (Italian for Norman castle) is a Middle Ages-18th century castle in Anversa degli Abruzzi, Province of L'Aquila Abruzzo, central-southern Italy.
The castle was built by Antonio di Sangro in 15th century on the ruins of a preexisting tower of 12th-13th century.
Now it is a private property and it has been used by Gabriele D'Annunzio as location for his tragedy La fiaccola sotto il moggio.
The castle main body is a parallelepiped built in stone, with the ruins of a tower on a side. The main body hosts the Chapel of St Michael the Archangel.
Text adapted from “Norman Castle (Anversa degli Abruzzi)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Norman castle of Anversa degli Abruzzi ranks #6,110 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #429 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Avezzano, 31 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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