Italy · 11th century
The Old Fortress of Livorno (Italian: Fortezza Vecchia di Livorno) is a castle in Livorno, Italy. The Old Fortress is a successor building to a medieval fort built by the city of Pisa in the location of an older keep built by Countess Matilda of Tuscany in the 11th century. The 11th-century tower was incorporated inside the fort built by the Pisans. The castle has been described as a "symbol of Medicean Livorno". The fort is located at the Medicean Darsena, or old dock of the port of Livorno, built by the Medici family. The ceremony proclaiming Livorno a city took place inside the fortress on 19 March 1606.
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Old Fortress (Livorno) ranks #2,772 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #214 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,707 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Florence, 80 km away. It is one of the 42 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Tuscany. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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