Italy · Partial ruin
Castle of Rocca Calascio
The Castle of Rocca Calascio is a mountaintop rocca in Calascio, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, sited at about 1,460 m. Built for military use from a 10th-century watchtower and expanded in the 13th century into a walled courtyard with four cylindrical corner towers around a taller inner tower, it overlooks the Plain of Navelli. The fortress was badly damaged in the 1461 earthquake and was not rebuilt.
Its prime
1300
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1300
The shape it held in its prime.
A pale grey stone fortress on a bare limestone crag, with a taller rectangular inner tower rising above a square walled courtyard framed by four round corner towers. The lower walls use noticeably larger, rough-cut blocks than the upper masonry. Crenellated parapets and narrow slit windows puncture the curtain walls. A narrow stone causeway links the main keep to the curtain; windswept paths run along the ridge and the plain of Navelli lies far below.
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9 places to explore in 1300.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Castle of Rocca Calascio — including 2 interiors: walled courtyard, santa maria della pietà (octagonal church). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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