Belfort Castle, Spormaggiore, Italy

Belfort castle was built in 1311. In 1670 it was badly damaged by fire, and was decided to be rebuilt entirely. In 1785 the castle lost its importance and was abandoned.

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Fabrizio Russo (14 months ago)
Beautiful ruin with iron steps and balcony.

Pawel Lorenc (16 months ago)
Lovely little castle ruins with an interesting story. Good stop in a journey

Andrii Lazarev (2 years ago)
Very good photo zone for photographers

Jefferson Andrade (2 years ago)
Closed by now. Anyway you can still take pictures from the outside of the castle and walk around it premises.

Creanga Cosmin (3 years ago)
Nice castel with a good restaurant in front of it!

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