Castles, Towers & Villages – L’Aquila

Sources: Wikipedia, Mondi Medievali

From Cocullo, you can reach places that will take you back in time…

Anversa degli Abruzzi, castle of the Sangro Counts (XII sec)
Pescina, Tower, Piccolomini castle
Bugnara, castle (12th century) after 2009 earthquake
Ortona dei Marsi, ruderi castello e torre (XIII sec)
Villalago, medieval tower
Roccacasale, castle ruins and fortifications
Castel di Ieri, tower (15th century)
Celano, castle (1392)
Ortucchio, Piccolomini castle (1448)
Aielli, “Tower of the stars” (1300). Medieval tower, now housing a public-open astronomical observatory
Scurcola Marsicana, Orsini fortress
Avezzano, Orsini-Colonna castle (1490)
Gagliano Aterno, castle (1328)
Trasacco, Febonio tower (16th century)
Pettorano Sul Gizio, Cantelmi castle (14th-15th century)
Capestrano, Piccolomini castle (1485)
Tagliacozzo, Tremonti castle ruins
Acciano, Roccapreturo medieval walled tower (13th-14th century)
Acciano, five-sided Beffi tower (12th-14th centuries) and circular Goriano Valli tower
Pacentro, Caldora-Cantelmo medieval castle (13th century)
Massa D’Albe, Albe Vecchio fortified medieval town and Orsini castle
Caporciano, Bominaco – castle (13th century)
Caporciano, Bominaco – tower (15th century)
San Pio delle Camere, castle (12th century)
Oricola, castle (9th century)
Tione degli Abruzzi, medieval tower
Pereto, castle (12th century)
Balsorano, Piccolomini castle (15th century)
San Vincenzo Valle Roveto, Morrea – Piccolomini castle (end of 1400)
Fontecchio, baronial castle (15th-16th century)
Fontecchio, clockwork tower (15th century)
L’Aquila, Spanish Fort (1534)
L’Aquila, Spanish Fort (1534)
Santo Stefano di Sessanio, medieval town and Medici tower
Pescasseroli, Mancino castle ruins (10th-12th century)
Rocca Calascio, castle
Rocca Calascio, castle
Rocca Calascio, castle
Rocca Calascio, castle
Rocca Calascio, fortified medieval town
Rocca Calascio, fortified medieval town
Calascio and Rocca Calascio
Calascio and Rocca Calascio
Rocca Calascio, church of Santa Maria della Pietà (16th-17th century)
Collimento, Count Odorisio’s castle
Pizzoli, Dragonetti de Torres castle (17th century)
Fossa, castle (13th century)
Ocre, medieval castle (13th century)
Sant’Eusanio Forconese, castle ruins (12th-13th century)
Barrea, tower (15th century) of old castle (11th-12th century)