Castel Sant'Angelo is a towering cylindrical castle, initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for h ...
Vernazza Castle was built in the 15th century as a lookout tower to protect the village from pirates. It's now largely a ruin ...
The Torre dei Conti was one of the most impressive towers that dominated medieval Rome. It was built in 1238 by Richard Conti ...
Sforza Castle was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortific ...
The Castle of Riomaggiore was built in the 13th century by order of Marquis Turcotti, lord of Ripalta, and it is one of the m ...
Sirmione castle was built near the end of the 12th century as part of a defensive network surrounding Verona. The castle was ...
Castel Sant"Elmo is a medieval fortress located on a hilltop near the Certosa di San Martino, overlooking Naples. Do ...
Palazzo Corvaja is a medieval palace in Taormina, dating from the 10th century. The origins of the palazzo incorporate an ear ...
Castelvecchio ('Old Castle') is the most important military construction of the Scaliger dynasty that ruled the city in the M ...
According to some historical sources, Dragonara Castle was built in the first half of the 13th century. In the second half of ...
Porta Nuova is a monumental city gate of Palermo. It represents the entrance of the Cassaro (the main and most ancient street ...
Porta Soprana is the best-known gate of the ancient walls of Genoa. After major restorations carried out between the 19th and ...
The Visconti-Sforza Castle is a Middle Age castle located in the centre of the city of Vigevano, Lombardy. Luchino Viscont ...
The monumental Porta dei Vacca gate was one of three built from 1155 as part of a defensive wall system. It"s characteri ...
The building of the Castel Nuovo began in 1279 under the reign of Charles I of Anjou, on the basis of a plan by the French ar ...
Castel dell"Ovo (Egg Castle) is located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples. ...
The Doria Castle of Portovenere is a proper example of Genoese military architecture, even though it has undergone some struc ...
Rocca, a medieval castle with quadrangular bastions bounded by a canal with drawbridge, was built in 1124. It was the fortres ...
The Porta San Paolo is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome. The Via Ostiense Museum is housed ...
The Udine castle hill is made of drift accumulating during centuries. However, a legend about its origin says that when Attil ...