Malatesta Castle of Coriano

Remains of an imposing medieval castle, belonging first to the Carpegna family and then to the Malatesta. The well-preserved entrance on the drawbridge is very suggestive. Incredible that you can access it for free!

The fortress is located in a prominent position. Coriano was a fortified center that existed as early as the end of the 12th century, and it offers a splendid panorama surrounded by the nature of the Romagna hinterland. The castle or castrum is in fact a very special fortress.
Already from the 11th-12th century, the castle of Coriano seems to have been one of the most important among the numerous fortresses in an area of Rimini with precarious security conditions and dense population. In 1209 Coriano passed from the Carpegna to the Ravenna Church. In 1356 the Castrum Coriliani was sold by the then owner, the Curia of Ravenna, to the Malatesta family, lords of Rimini.

MALATESTA CASTLE OF CORIANO
Coriano with its fortification stands in an isolated place. Coriano was a fortified center documented as early as the end of the 12th century, equipped with its own magistracies, with a large territory, located on a slight hill (102 meters above sea level), from which you can still enjoy the view of its vast and delightful panorama immersed in the nature of the Romagna hinterland.

The castle or castrum is a rather particular fortification, in fact it is not a fortress built for exclusively military or residential use for a single lord, but it does not even have the dimensions of a fortified town. The castle structure, of which the imposing ruins remain on a natural rise, is located outside the current modern inhabited center.