Castle
Norman Castle of Gioia del Colle
🇮🇹 Italy · 9th century
The Castello Normanno-Svevo (in English: Norman-Swebian castle) is a Normans' castle located in the historic center of Gioia del Colle. Since December 2014, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities has managed the entire castle through the Polo Museale della Puglia, which, in December 2019, became the Direzione Regionale Musei.
Text adapted from “Castello Normanno-Svevo (Gioia del Colle)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Norman Castle of Gioia del Colle ranks #3,169 of 3,709 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #260 of the 294 mapped in Italy. Founded 900, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 22 atlas entries founded in the 9th century. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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