Castle
Runkelstein Castle
🇮🇹 Italy · 13th century
Runkelstein Castle (German: Schloss Runkelstein; Italian: Castel Roncolo) is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur in the territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. In 1237 Alderich, Prince-Bishop of Trent, gave the brothers Friedrich and Beral, Lords of Wangen, permission to construct a castle on the rock then called Runchenstayn.
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Runkelstein Castle ranks #2,106 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #172 of the 288 mapped in Italy. Founded 1237, it is older than 76% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 356 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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