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The
Longobards built the Castle at Pandone of Venafro. Inside it
houses an original collection of frescos. Not far away, the Castle of
Pignatelli di Monteroduni shows the square pile reinforced by
large circular towers.
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Venafro
- The castle at Pandone |
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Monteroduni |
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The
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The
Castle at Pandone di Cerro a Volturno gives the idea of
the powerful medieval small fortress. Carpinone is dominated by
the Castle of the Caldora, built around the year thousand.
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Cerro
al Volturno - The castle at Pandone |
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Carpinone |
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Castle
of Caldora |
The
sturdy castle of Macchiagodena stands above a sheer cliff-face.
In the Matese the fortress of Roccamandolfi was built by the
Longobards. The building has “salami slice” towers.
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Macchiagodena
- The castle |
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Roccamandolfi
- The
castle |
At
Campobasso the medieval fortress was provided with four large
cylindrical towers by Cola di Monforte in the 15th
century. Along the Biferno, at Castropignano, the fortified
residence of the Evoli paints an evocative picture.
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Campobasso
- The castle of Monforte |
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Castropignano
- The
castle
of Evoli |
The
valley of the Fortore contains the fortresses of Tufara and Gambatesa.
The first was built by the Longobards, the second turned into a more
refined structure in the 16th century.
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Tufara
- The
castle |
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Gambatesa
- The
castle |
In
the form of a truncated pyramid, the Swabian castle of Termoli
looks out high over the Adriatic.
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Swabian castle |
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