Rondine Castle
The Rondine Castle was one of the most powerful fortresses in the Arezzo countryside during the Middle Ages, located between the Valdarno…
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Tuscany is a land rich in history, legends and traditions rooted in distant eras. Its castles, ancient bastions of defense and symbols of power, tell stories of noble families, intrigues and battles that have marked…
Subbiano Castle
Built on a rocky outcrop bordered by the Arno River to the west and the Palbena stream to the north, it was…
Belfiore Towers
Belfiore Towers or Belfiore Castle. That is what this fortification is called today. Castle and Towers are definitions that might seem out…
Castello della Fioraia (Castelnuovo)
The castle, placed in strategic position at the entrance of the ample Casentino Valley about 10 kilometers away from Arezzo, rises above…
Montedomenichi Castle
Due to its location on the Florentine "contado" border, between Chianti and Valdarno, the fortress has historically been the site of skirmishes…
Ranco Castle
The castle of Ranco, now reduced in imposing and picturesque ruins, crowns a rocky spur overlooking the valley of the Cerfone stream,…
Girifalco Fortress – Cortona
The Girifalco (or Medicean) Fortress was used in the early medieval period by Gothic and Longobard garrisons, although an ancient fortification of…
Lucignano Medicean Fortress (Le Fortezze)
The construction of the Medicean Fortress, or rather 'Le Fortezze' (The Fortresses), as it is called today, was begun by the Sienese…
Lucignano – Rocca Senese and Town Walls
In 1371, under the domination of Siena, the fortification of Lucignano ended with the finishing of the town walls, of which large…
Montemignaio – Castel Leone
The origin of the castle of Montemignaio must be searched from the passage in this area of an ancient Roman way that,…
Castle of Romena
Around two kilometers southwest of Pratovecchio, on a hill 621 meters high set on the right of the river Arno, rise the…
Castle Cattani – Chiusi della Verna
The fortification, built with large squared blocks of clear stone (instead of the habitual dark stone of the other castles in this…