“I think it was the crystalline volumes and how they rise above the rolling landscape,” he says, referencing the castle’s corner towers. Known as one of the best-preserved Italian medieval ...

Castles conjure up images of a romantic medieval past, the stuff of legends and fairy tales. But what exactly makes a castle, well, a castle? Usually built for royalty or nobility, castles are ...

This gorgeous medieval castle endured wars with little damage ... but you have no soul." Before the Italian Republic, there were royals like the House of Savoy, whose reign stretched from ...

Hidden in the rolling hills of Italy, this medieval castle from 1850 has stood abandoned for nearly two centuries. Once a proud estate of nobility, it now crumbles in silence — its walls lined ...

A medieval castle with 14th-century origins ... These Were the Home Listings of the Year Also within easy reach are some of Italy’s best cities for art, culture and wine-tasting, including ...

Just a 30-minute drive south, Rovereto Castle stands as a shining example of Italy’s late Medieval alpine fortifications, now home to the Historical War Museum.

Bridgeman/ACI The first medieval fortifications were ... James of Saint George, a master castle builder from the Duchy of Savoy on the Italy-France border, built most of Edward’s Welsh castles ...