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Castle · Vairano Patenora (CE)

Medieval Castle of Vairano Patenora

  • Visit: about 1 h 15 min
  • 230 m
Pictured: Vairano Patenora · GDA (it.wikipedia) · CC BY 3.0 · resized and cropped

The castle of Vairano Patenora, founded by the Normans and rebuilt by the Aragonese in the late 15th century, with four towers and the great master tower.

The castle of Vairano was built by the Normans in the 11th century, and in 1191 Emperor Henry VI gave it to the Abbot of Montecassino. Frederick II, Charles II of Anjou and Pope Gregory X stayed here briefly. After sieges and sackings, between 1491 and 1503 Innico II d'Avalos rebuilt it as an Aragonese castle on the earlier remains.It has four towers, the largest of which, the master tower, stands to the south-east. The interiors are lost, but we suggest looking for traces of the floors, the kitchens, the prisons and an old cistern. We like rounding off the visit along the village's medieval walls, once punctuated by fourteen cylindrical towers.

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