Palaces, Villas and Castles

During the Middle Ages, the University Palace was the seat of the local parliament, the Quare was a group of citizens, with equal rights and without s… Read the rest

The Ducal Palace was built by Petracone V Caracciolo in 1668, on the site of an ancient medieval castle built in 1388 by Raimondo Orsini del Balzo, Pr… Read the rest

The Palazzo Recupero, built between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, is divided horizontally into three levels separ… Read the rest

The medieval castle of Gioiosa Ionica stands overhanging along the course of the Gallizzi river, five kilometres from the coast, on top of a rocky pro… Read the rest

GALEE TOWER Built in the 15th century by the Aragonese, it is a fortified building complex called "tower". It consists, in fact, of three… Read the rest

Castello del Principe is located in the upper part of Belvedere Marittimo. It was built perhaps by the Normans" of Roger D’Altavilla during… Read the rest

Situated in a dominant position in the upper part of the city centre, it was partially destroyed by the 1783 earthquake. The upper part was built betw… Read the rest

The Ruffo Castle is a medieval fortress that stood in a very strategic place, as the valley of the river Amendolea was in historical times the border… Read the rest

The X-XI century castle, now reduced to ruins, stands on top of a rocky spur from which it dominates the village. Little is known about it but it was… Read the rest

landscape in which the castle of Bivona is inserted is, today, strongly altered by the presence of industrial settlements. The castle has a regular pl… Read the rest