Cantelmo-Caldora Castle | |
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Castello Cantelmo-Caldora | |
Pacentro | |
![]() Cantelmo-Caldora Castle in Pacentro | |
Coordinates | 42°03′06″N13°59′44″E / 42.051643°N 13.995472°E |
Type | Castle |
Site history | |
Built | 11th-14th century |
Castello Cantelmo-Caldora (Italian for Cantelmo-Caldora Castle) is a Middle Ages castle in Pacentro, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo). [1]
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The castle was built before the 14th-15th century, because at this time was made its first restructuring. The most common assumption is that it dates back to the 11th-13th century, that is the age of the truncated tower placed at the north-east of the castle. [2]
A main upgrades was completed in the second half of the 15th century, when the Orsini family built circular towers. Also the construction of the wall with a trapezoidal base is dated back to this period.
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The base of the castle is with a trapezoidal shape. In the corners there are towers with a squared base: as of today, only three of them are still in place. There are also three circular bastions. The 17th century facade of the castle gives on a square where is placed also the church of Saint Mary Major.
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