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Ricetto di Candelo

Italy

Heritage status
Italian national heritage
Location
Candelo
Visitors
≈120,000 (2022)
Coordinates
45.54593°, 8.11293°
Links
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Ricetto di Candelo in Italy
Photo: ELEKTRON-TEX · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Ricetto di Candelo is an architectural complex of the medieval period located in Candelo, in Piedmont.

A ricetto is in general a fortified structure, protected within a village, where the goods (fodder, wines, etc.) of the local lord or of the population were stored and where, occasionally, the population itself withdrew in the event of attacks from outside. That of Candelo is one of the best preserved examples of this type of medieval structure, found in various places in Piedmont and in some areas of central Europe. It stands in the municipality of Candelo, in the province of Biella.

Like other ricetti, that of Candelo does not appear ever to have been intended for use as a permanent dwelling. Nevertheless, like others - on account of its economic, historical, collective and ante litteram democratic origins - it has been the subject of in-depth historical and architectural studies.

By virtue of its position, it offers a panoramic view over the whole district of the Biellese Prealps, to the north, and towards the Baraggione (see Riserva naturale orientata delle Baragge) to the south.

Machine-translated from “Ricetto di Candelo” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Ricetto di Candelo ranks #5,174 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #376 of the 624 mapped in Italy. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,953 times in the last 60 days, more than 81% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 120,000 visitors in 2022. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Novara, 41 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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