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Rocca Albornoziana

Italy · 14th century

Founded
1363
Style
Medieval architecture
Architect
Matteo Gattaponi
Heritage status
Italian national heritage
Location
Spoleto
Elevation
453 m
Coordinates
42.73396°, 12.7396°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Rocca Albornoziana in Italy
Photo: Livioandronico2013 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Rocca Albornoziana is a fortress located on the summit of the Sant'Elia hill, which overlooks the city of Spoleto. It is the principal bulwark of the system of fortifications built at the behest of Pope Innocent VI, to strengthen militarily and make more evident the authority of the Church in the territories of central Italy, in view of the by then imminent return of the papal seat to Rome after some seventy years' stay in Avignon.

Today it houses the Museo nazionale del Ducato di Spoleto, owned by the Ministry of Culture.

Machine-translated from “Rocca Albornoziana (Spoleto)” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Rocca Albornoziana ranks #5,852 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #417 of the 624 mapped in Italy. Founded 1363, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 797 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,741 times in the last 60 days, more than 70% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Terni, 21 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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