Italy · Restored
Sforza Castle
The Sforza Castle (Castello Sforzesco) in Milan is a large 15th-century fortified ducal residence built by Francesco Sforza on earlier Visconti foundations. It later became a major citadel, was heavily modified in the 16th century, and now houses several civic museums and a historic library. The complex combines a quadrangular plan of brick curtain walls, corner towers and inner courts and was extensively restored in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
First raised
1360
Its prime
1498
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1498
The shape it held in its prime.
A massive quadrangular red-brick fortress with long, low curtain walls punctuated by regular arched window openings and a crenellated parapet of swallow-tail merlons. City-facing round drum towers rise at the corners; a taller multi-stage central tower (Torre del Filarete) dominates the silhouette with an open upper loggia. The base is set above a dry ditch/moat and parade ground that becomes a broad grassy public space; tiled roofs top some towers and loggias; wall surfaces show painted panels and coats of arms.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1498.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Sforza Castle — including 5 interiors: rocchetta internal court, corte ducale and loggiato dell'elefante, sala delle asse (leonardo-decorated hall) and more. 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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See Sforza Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1498 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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