Palmanova Fortress

Palmanova (Friulian: Palme) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy. The town is an example of a star fort of the late Renaissance, built by the Venetian Republic in 1593.

The fortifications were included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site list as part of Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar in 2017. Palmanova is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

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Palmanova Fortress ranks #4244 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #321 of the 350 mapped in Italia. Fundado en 1593, más antiguo que el 38% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 495 atlas entries founded in the siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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