Piccolomini Castle (Capestrano)

Castello Piccolomini (Italian for Piccolomini castle) is a castle in Capestrano, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo).

The castle was built replacing a medieval fort, of which remains the central tower. Several families, like Acquaviva, Piccolomini, and Medici, modified the building up to the current structure, completed in 1485.

Now the castle is used as city hall and it was deeply restructured in 1924.

The castle is made of two L-shaped structures, of which the larger one, facing south-west, contains the main entrance from the town central square. The internal courtyard, with a well in the middle, has the old medieval tower facing north-east.

Text adapted from “Castello Piccolomini (Capestrano)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Piccolomini Castle (Capestrano) ranks #5,022 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #379 of the 487 mapped in Italy. Founded 1485, it is older than 47% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 454 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 18 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is L'Aquila, 32 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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