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Castel del Monte
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Castel del Monte is a medieval castle located in Andria, in the Apulia region of southern Italy. It is a notable example of medieval architecture from that period and place.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Andria
- Area
- 1806
- Founded by
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Owned by
- Council of Ministers of Italy
- Employees
- 9
- Material used
- limestone
- Official website
- www.casteldelmonte.beniculturali.it
- Image
- Castel del Monte BW 2016-10-14 12-26-11 r.jpg
- Height
- 26
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- postal code
- 76123
- Commons category
- Castel del Monte
- phone number
- +39-0883-569997
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- fax number
- +39-0883-524-5540
- Commons gallery
- Castel del Monte
- inception
- 1240-01-29
- native label
- Castel del Monte
- time of earliest written record
- 1240-00-00
- street address
- Strada Statale 170, 76123 Andria
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- directions
- urban bus line 6 departs from Andria Railway Station to Castel del Monte from April to October. The online timetables and those posted at the bus stop are incorrect. The actual workday departure times are: 09:00, 10:00, 11:30, 13:30 and 15:40. The afternoon return times are 12:10, 14:00, 16:10 and 19:30
- different from
- Castel del Monte
- Wi-Fi access
- gratis
- has facility
- bookstore
- visitors per year
- 214139
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Encyclopedic overview
Castel del Monte (Italian for 'Castle of the Mountain'; Barese: Castidde du Monte) is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by King Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. In the 18th century, the castle's interior marbles and remaining furnishings were removed. It has neither a moat nor a drawbridge and some considered it never to have been intended as a defensive fortress. However, archaeological work has suggested that it originally had a curtain wall.
The castle is famous for its bold octagonal plan, and classicizing details of the architecture. In 1996, Castel del Monte was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, which described it as "a unique masterpiece of medieval military architecture". Described by the Enciclopedia Italiana as "the most fascinating castle built by Frederick II", it also appears on the Italian version of the one cent Euro coin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castel del Monte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.