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Castle · Calvi Risorta (CE)

Aragonese Castle of Calvi Risorta

  • Visit: about 1 h 15 min
Pictured: Calvi Risorta · PietroCifone · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Castle in Calvi Vecchia with a regular plan and four cylindrical towers, altered in the Angevin and Aragonese periods, once owned by the Gaetani.

In the hamlet of Calvi Vecchia, in an isolated position, stands the Aragonese castle. It already existed in the 9th century, but its present form is due mainly to alterations in the late Angevin and Aragonese periods, clearly recognisable in the cylindrical corner towers with battered bases.The plan is regular, with four towers at the corners, and the 15th-century rebuilding is particularly evident in one of them. The castle belonged to the Gaetani family. We recommend combining it with the nearby archaeological area of ancient Cales and its Roman theatre: together they tell the long history of this crossroads between the Via Casilina and the road to Venafro.

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