Castel del Monte

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Castel del Monte is a 13th century fortress built by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II on the western Murge plateau in Puglia, in the current hamlet of the same name in the municipality of Andria, 17 km from the city, near the town of Santa Maria del Monte, in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, on the top of a hill, 540 metres above sea level

Included in the list of Italian national monuments in 1936 (repealed in 2010) and in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1996, in 2014 it was the thirtieth most visited Italian state site.
The building has an octagonal plan (external side: 10,30 m, interval between the towers plus diameter of each tower: 7,90 m) and at each corner there is a turret which is also octagonal (side 2,70 m), while the octagon which corresponds to the internal courtyard has sides whose measurement varies between 6,89 m and 7,83 m. The diameter of the internal courtyard is 17,86 m. The diameter of the entire castle is 40 m, while the diameter of each tower is 7,90 m. The towers are 23 m high and slightly higher than the height of the walls of the internal courtyard (20,50 m).