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Castello Caldora

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castello caldora

Attribution: By Ra Boe - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9447136

Location
Pacentro, L'Aquila, Italy
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Built
11th century

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.
It is assumed that the age of the truncated tower placed at the north-east of the castle dates back to the 11th-13th century. A main upgrades was completed in the second half of the 15th century, when the Orsini family built circular towers and the wall with a trapezoidal base.

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