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Castel del Monte

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Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte
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Sunday10:15am - 7:45pm
Monday10:15am - 7:45pm
Tuesday10:15am - 7:45pm
Wednesday10:15am - 7:45pm
Thursday10:15am - 7:45pm
Friday10:15am - 7:45pm
Saturday10:15am - 7:45pm


Castel del 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 the Emperor 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. Described by the Enciclopedia Italiana as the most fascinating castle built by Frederick II, the site is protected as a World Heritage Site. It also appears on the Italian version of the one cent Euro coin.
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