Castles in Italy

3 real castles, fortresses and walled cities in Italy — each mapped, dated and ready to explore.

• Rocca Calascio

  Italy · 10th century

  Italy's highest fortress, a mountaintop ruin in the Apennines of Abruzzo

• Castel Beseno

  Italy · 12th century

  Trentino's largest fortified complex, sweeping along an Alpine ridge

• Walls of Lucca

  Italy · 16th century

  Italy's intact Renaissance ramparts, now a famous tree-lined walkway around Lucca