Castle of Rocca Calascio
The Castle of Rocca Calascio is a mountaintop fortress or rocca in the municipality of Calascio, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. At an elevation of around 1,460 metres, the castle is the highest fortress in the Apennines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santa Maria della Pietà and Madonna delle Grazie.
Santa Maria della Pietà
Church
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Santa Maria della Pietà is a church, which is situated 140 metres northwest of Castle of Rocca Calascio.
Madonna delle Grazie
Church
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Madonna delle Grazie is a church, which is situated 280 metres east of Castle of Rocca Calascio.
San Francesco
Church
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San Francesco is a church, which is situated 310 metres east of Castle of Rocca Calascio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rocca Calascio and Calascio.
Rocca Calascio
Hamlet
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Castle of Rocca Calascio is a mountaintop fortress or rocca in the municipality of Calascio, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. At an elevation of around 1,460 metres, the castle is the highest fortress in the Apennines.
Santo Stefano di Sessanio
Village
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Santo Stefano di Sessanio is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Castle of Rocca Calascio.
Castle of Rocca Calascio
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Calascio (AQ), Italy
- Categories: rocca, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Calascio, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Castle of Rocca Calascio” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعه روكا كلاشيو”
- Basque: “Rocca Calascioko gaztelua”
- Chinese: “卡拉肖堡”
- Chinese: “卡拉肖山頂城堡”
- Czech: “Rocca Calascio”
- Dutch: “Rocca Calascio”
- French: “château de Rocca Calascio”
- French: “Château de Rocca Calascio”
- German: “Castello Calascio”
- German: “Rocca Calascio”
- Italian: “Castello di Rocca Calascio”
- Italian: “Rocca di Calascio”
- Persian: “قلعه روکا کالاسیو”
- Portuguese: “Rocca Calascio”
- Russian: “Замок Рокка-Калашио”
- Russian: “Рокка-Калашио”
- Spanish: “Rocca Calascio”
- Turkish: “Rocca Calascio Kalesi”
- Western Panjabi: “روچا کلاسیو قلع”
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