Sforza Castle

The Sforza Castle is a medieval fortification located in , northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Milan, Italy
  • Also known as: “Castello Sforzesco”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Musical Instruments and Civica raccolta delle stampe Achille Bertarelli.

Museum
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The of exhibits over 700 musical instruments from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries with particular attention to instruments.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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The Museo d'Arte Antica is an art museum in the Castello Sforzesco in , in in northern Italy. It has a large collection of sculpture from late antiquity and the medieval and Renaissance periods. is situated 100 metres north of Sforza Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outer Milan and Brera.

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Suburban Milan is in the province of Milan.

Suburb
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is a district of , . It is located within the and it is centred on Via . The name stems from Medieval Italian "braida" or "brera", derived from Old Lombardic "brayda", meaning a land expanse either cleared of trees or naturally lacking them.

Quarter
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is a square in central , . The piazza takes its name from the Cors Ducis which was located on the square during Longobard times.

Sforza Castle

Latitude
45.46987° or 45° 28′ 12″ north
Longitude
9.18003° or 9° 10′ 48″ east
Elevation
125 metres (410 feet)
Open location code
8FQFF59J+W2
Geo­Names ID
3166568
Wiki­data ID
Q23354
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Sforza Castle” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kështjella Sforceske”
  • Albanian: “Kështjella Sforcesko”
  • Arabic: “قلعة سفورزيسكو”
  • Armenian: “Սֆորցա ամրոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kastello Sforçesko”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sforçesko qəsri”
  • Basque: “Sforza gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Сфорцаў”
  • Bulgarian: “Замък на Сфорците”
  • Bulgarian: “Сфорцеско”
  • Catalan: “Castell Sforza”
  • Catalan: “Castell Sforzesco”
  • Chinese: “斯福尔扎古堡”
  • Chinese: “斯福尔扎城堡”
  • Czech: “Sforzesco”
  • Dutch: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Sforza”
  • Estonian: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Finnish: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • French: “Château de Milan”
  • French: “château des Sforza”
  • French: “Château des Sforza”
  • German: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • German: “Schloss Sforzesco”
  • Greek: “Καστέλο Σφορτσέσκο”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο των Σφόρτσα”
  • Hebrew: “בית ספורצה”
  • Hungarian: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Sforzesco”
  • Italian: “castello di Milano”
  • Italian: “Castello di Porta Giovia”
  • Italian: “Castello Sforzesco di Milano”
  • Italian: “castello sforzesco”
  • Italian: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Japanese: “スフォルツァ城”
  • Japanese: “スフォルツェスコ城”
  • Korean: “스포르체스코 성”
  • Korean: “스포르체스코성”
  • Lithuanian: “Sforcų pilis”
  • Lombard: “Castell Sforzesch de Milan”
  • Macedonian: “Замок Сфорцеско (Милано)”
  • Macedonian: “Замок Сфорцеско”
  • Mongolian: “Сфорцеско цайз”
  • Persian: “قصر سفورزا”
  • Piemontese: “Castel Sforsesch ëd Milan”
  • Polish: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Portuguese: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Sforza”
  • Russian: “Замок Сфорца”
  • Russian: “Кастелло-Сфорцеско”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Slovak: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Sforzesco, Milano”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Sforzesco”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Sforzesco”
  • Tagalog: “Kastilyo Sforza”
  • Turkish: “Sforza Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Sforzesco Şatosu”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Сфорца”
  • Urdu: “کاستیلو سفورزیسکو”
  • Welsh: “Castello Sforzesco”
  • Western Panjabi: “کاستیلو سفورزیسکو”
  • “Castello Sforzesco”

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