Built on a prehistoric "castelliere" and a subsequent Roman settlement, the castle of Cordovado was built around the eleventh century to defend the territory from the raids of the Hungarians. …
Built in the 13th century as part of defensive reinforcement works commissioned by Patriarch Raimondo della Torre, from which the name derives. It was the western entrance to the perimeter of the medieval walls.
At the site of the castle described in his "Confessions of an Italian": Returning to the widening of Via Castello, visitors can immediately reach the entrance to the Fratta Castle …