Castel del Monte, Apulia

Castel del Monte, Apulia

Immovable Culture Heritage

Castel del Monte, translated from Italian, means "castle on a hill". Built in the 13th century by King Frederick II and said to be inspired by Greco-Roman architecture, it is located in the Apulia region of Italy and is protected as a World Heritage Site. It was also printed on the Italian version of the euro penny. Throughout history, the castle has served not only as a hunting house for kings, a refuge in times of plague, and even as a prison for generals. Modern scholars disagree on whether to classify it as a cottage or a castle, though it has since been confirmed that it was a castle, as it originally had a curtain wall. Because of the mathematical rules and beauty of its construction, it was once considered very mysterious by historians, and was the inspiration for Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose.

is51102023

AD 1240

jn73@st-andrews.ac.uk

English / Italiano (Italian)

Site

815

09/05/2023

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/398/

The diameter of the castle is 56m in diameter.cm x The main wall is 25 m high.cm x cm

UNESCO (Home page: https://whc.unesco.org/)

current,41.0847439,16.2709412;

the Emperor Frederick II

Castel del Monte, Apulia

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/398/

TEXT

twitter,https://twitter.com/casteldelmonte8;facebook,https://www.facebook.com/casteldelmonteitaly/;instagram,https://www.instagram.com/casteldelmonte/;

Building

Castel del Monte, SP234 bis, Andria, Italy

1733

public

Italian government

1

jn73@st-andrews.ac.uk