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Aragonese Castle of Taranto

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Aragonese Castle of Taranto

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Location: Taranto, Apulia, Italy

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1. Historic Center of Taranto – Aragonese Castle of Taranto loop from Faggiano

47.0km

02:54

210m

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2. Aragonese Castle of Taranto – Historic Center of Taranto loop from Talsano

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02:05

140m

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3. Aragonese Castle of Taranto – Trails to Mar Piccolo loop from Taranto

38.6km

02:28

180m

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April 21, 2021

The first nucleus of the castle dates back to 780, when the Byzantines started the construction of the "Rocca" to protect it from attacks by the Saracens and the Republic of Venice. This first fortification consisted of tall and narrow towers, from which they fought with spears, arrows, stones and boiling oil. In 1481 a first navigable canal was built, narrower than the present one and with irregular banks, to allow the passage of small boats and improve the defensibility of the castle. In 1486, Ferdinand I of Naples commissioned the architect and military engineer Francesco di Giorgio Martini to enlarge the castle and to give it the current structure, in order to replace the medieval type of towers conceived for the plumbing defense. In fact, the use of cannons following the discovery of gunpowder required wide and low towers, of circular shape to cushion the impact of cannonballs, equipped with ramps or slides that allowed the movement

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May 26, 2024

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Aragonese Castle of Taranto

1. Historic Center of Taranto – Aragonese Castle of Taranto loop from Faggiano

2. Aragonese Castle of Taranto – Historic Center of Taranto loop from Talsano

3. Aragonese Castle of Taranto – Trails to Mar Piccolo loop from Taranto

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