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Castello di Gallipoli

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Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Castello di Gallipoli
Phone:
+39 0833 262775

Hours:
Sunday10am - 9pm
Monday10am - 9pm
Tuesday10am - 9pm
Wednesday10am - 9pm
Thursday10am - 9pm
Friday10am - 9pm
Saturday10am - 9pm


Vincigliata Castle is a medieval castle which stands on a rocky hill to the east of Fiesole in the Italian region of Tuscany. In the mid-nineteenth century the building, which had fallen into a ruinous state, was acquired by the Englishman John Temple-Leader and entirely reconstructed in the feudal style. Between 1941 and 1943 it served as a small prisoner-of-war camp known as Castello di Vincigliata Campo P.G. 12. It housed some high-ranking British and Commonwealth officers, including Major-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, who was employed by the Italian government in the Armistice negotiations with the Allies in 1943.
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