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Castel del Monte

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Castel del Monte ... ambition which inspired Emperor Frederick II when he built this southern Italian castle in the 13th century. A unique piece of medieval military architecture, Castel del Monte is a completely successful blending of classical antiquity, the Islamic Orient and northern European Cistercian Gothic.

Newest Review: ... THE CASTEL DEL MONTE We’re still about 20 km away when we suddenly we see it: the Castel del Monte, the castle on the mountain. Mountain? It depends on where you come from, it’s a hill, really, 540 m high (can& #8217;t tell you in feet, sorry), but as most of Apulia is a plain, every mound is ... more

... called a mountain. The slopes are bare, only some trees stand at the foot of the castle. Learned people have argued if the mountain had trees on it when the castle was built or not. The leading opinion today is that it has always been bare. Is that s...more

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Castel del Monte - the Crown of Apulia (1639 words)
by - written on 01/05/01 (Very useful, 140 readings)
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Apulia is not as well known outside Italy among foreign tourists as, for example, Tuscany or Sicily, so I might begin with telling you where this region is located. APULIA IN GENERAL Please put the map of Italy in front of your inner eye. You know where Rome is, don’t you? Good, now farther down to Naples and from there straight to the east across the mountain ridge which is the ‘spine’ of Italy and when we hit the other side of the peninsula, we’re right in the middle of Apulia. In the north it borders the region Molise, in the south it covers the whole heel of the Italian boot. To be precise we reach the ... Read the complete review