Italy · Restored
Castello Baradello
Castello Baradello is a medieval military fortification standing on a 430 m hill immediately above the city of Como, northern Italy. The complex is dominated by a tall square keep and associated curtain walls; the site also contains a small Chapel of St. Nicholas and a smaller quadrangular tower. The present fabric has been restored and conserved in the 20th century.
Its prime
1340
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1340
What Castello Baradello looked like in its prime.
Perched on a wooded hilltop, the fortress silhouette is dominated by a tall, nearly square stone keep rising above lower curtain walls that step along the ridge. The keep's smooth ashlar faces are punctured by narrow slit windows and finished by a crenellated parapet with Guelph-style merlons; an adjacent smaller quadrangular tower and an outer line of curtain walls enclose a cobbled inner bailey. The stone is pale local limestone, set against evergreen trees and steep slopes.
Its story
The story of Castello Baradello.
The Castello Baradello crowns a 430-metre hill immediately above the city of Como. Its walls are of Byzantine origin, dating from the 6th–7th centuries, later heightened and given Guelph merlons, with a further external line of walls added; from the same early period date the small Chapel of St Nicholas and a quadrangular tower that served as the castellan's residence.
The best-preserved element is the great square tower, 8.20 by 8.35 metres at the base and 27.5 metres tall, which once carried Guelph-type merlons. Napoleone della Torre was buried in the Chapel of St Nicholas. The fabric was restored and conserved in the 20th century.
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8 places to explore in 1340.
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