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Castel del Monte

Via Castel del Monte in Contrada Castel del Monte, 70031 Andria Barletta-Andria-Trani, Italy 		Castel del Monte

Castel del Monte (Italian: Castle of the Mount) is a 13th century castle situated in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II some time between 1240 and 1250; it has been despoiled of its interior marbles and furnishings in subsequent centuries. It has neither a moat nor a drawbridge and might in fact never have been intended as a defensive fortress.