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Villafranca Castle

Italy

Heritage status
Italian national heritage
Location
Villafranca di Verona
Coordinates
45.34988°, 10.84271°
Links
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Villafranca Castle in Italy
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Description

The castle of Villafranca di Verona is a medieval fortification located in the historic centre of Villafranca di Verona, in the plain south-west of Verona. Built in the 13th century as part of the territorial policy of the Commune of Verona, the complex is one of the principal strongholds of the Scaliger defensive system known as the Serraglio and represents a significant case of integration between military function, settlement organisation and territorial control in the medieval Po plain.

Machine-translated from “Castello Scaligero (Villafranca di Verona)” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Villafranca Castle ranks #8,018 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #565 of the 624 mapped in Italy. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brescia, 53 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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