A visit to a castle — whether you stumble over one during a hike outdoors or walk your way around the grounds with a guide — is always something special, and you’ve got 13 beautiful castles to choose from in Ravenna. Just browse our list to find your top castle , and add some history to your next adventure!
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Hiking Highlight
It stands on one of the three chalky pinnacles that dominate the village. Built in 1310 by the Manfredi, lords of Faenza, it remained in this family until 1500, when …
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Mountain Biking Highlight
The History of the TowerIt begins on January 4, 1474, when Archbishop Bartolomeo Roverella ceded the dominion of Oriolo to Carlo II Manfredi (Lord of Faenza) for the sum …
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Cycling Highlight
Throughout the Romagna plain, Bagnara is a rare example of a fully preserved medieval castrum.
The entire defensive system that includes the Sforza fortress, the boundary wall and the moat …
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Mountain Biking Highlight
The Colonia di Castel Raniero and its park have an unparalleled environmental and architectural value: the Art Nouveau building stands in fact in the middle of an area of enormous …
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Hiking Highlight
The castle of Rontana, unfortunately destroyed, stood on the top of Monte di Rontana and is remembered for the first time in 973 with Ugone di Rontana [23].
Over the …
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Cycling Highlight
Sources tell us of a first fortified nucleus as early as the 10th century ...
The sources also tell us that the Faentines destroyed the fortress in 1218 and from …
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Mountain Biking Highlight
The castle is easily reached by a gravel road that branches off from the provincial road, but there are no indications and you need to check the map. These are …
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Mountain Biking Highlight
Rocca di Riolo is right in the center, very beautiful and well maintained
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Mountain Biking Highlight
Wonderful vantage point and bloody battleground during the Second World War.
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