Castel del Monte: How to Visit Puglia’s UNESCO Castle

Castel del Monte, Puglia

Rising alone above the rolling countryside of the Alta Murgia, Castel del Monte is one of those buildings that looks almost too geometrically perfect to belong to the Middle Ages. Eight sides, eight towers, an eight-sided courtyard and a position chosen to dominate an enormous sweep of inland Puglia give Frederick II’s castle an appearance … Leggi tutto