The 10th Century Rocca Calascio, a mountaintop fortress near the hilltown of Santo Stefano di Sessanio in the Province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy.
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Rocca Calascio, Calascio, Province of L'Aquila, ItalyMore information:
The 10th Century Rocca Calascio, a mountaintop fortress near the hilltown of Santo Stefano di Sessanio in the Province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. At a height of 1, 460 metres (4, 790 ft), Rocca Calascio is the highest fortress in the Apennines. Built of stone for military purposes the fortress overlooks the Plain of Navelli at one of the highest points in the ancient Barony of Carapelle. It features a walled courtyard with four cylindrical towers at the corners around a taller inner tower added in the thirteenth century. The fortress was never tested in battle, it was however badly damaged in November 1461 by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7 to 8 on the Richter Scale.