De La Fratta Castle
The Cesta, also known as "Fratta" is one of three towered peaks overlooking the city of San Marino, the capital of San Marino. The other two are Guaita and Montale.…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: tower in San Marino
- Also known as: “Castello Cesta”, “Castello De La Fratta”, “Cesta Castle”, “Cesta, San Marino”, and “De La Fratta”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monte Titano and Sammarinese Museum of Ancient Arms.
Monte Titano
Peak
Sammarinese Museum of Ancient Arms
Museum
Photo: Celoz001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sammarinese Museum of Ancient Arms is located in the Cesta, the second tower of San Marino. The museum opened in 1956 due to agreement with Sammarinese collector Giovanni Carlo Giorgetti.
Guaita Castle
Castle
Photo: Commonists, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Guaita, also known as the Rocca is one of three towered peaks overlooking the city of San Marino, the capital of San Marino. The other two are Cesta and Montale. Guaita Castle is situated 330 metres northwest of De La Fratta Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City of San Marino and San Giovanni sotto le Penne.
City of San Marino
Town
Photo: Matl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The City of San Marino, also known simply as San Marino and locally as Città, is the capital city of the Republic of San Marino and one of its nine castelli.
San Giovanni sotto le Penne
Hamlet
Photo: Gmauri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Giovanni sotto le Penne is a curazia of San Marino, in the castello of Borgo Maggiore.
Valdragone
Hamlet
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Valdragone is a settlement in San Marino comprising two curazie, Valdragone di Sopra and Valdragone di Sotto, in the castello of Borgo Maggiore.
De La Fratta Castle
- Categories: tower, history museum, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: San Marino, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.93263° or 43° 55′ 58″ northLongitude
12.45138° or 12° 27′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8FMJWFM2+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 59329686OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2592701
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“De La Fratta Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “德拉弗拉塔”
- Czech: “La Cesta”
- Dutch: “De La Fratta”
- Finnish: “De La Fratta”
- French: “Cesta”
- German: “Burg Cesta (Fratta)”
- German: “Castello Della Cesta (Fratta)”
- German: “Cesta”
- Greek: “Ντε Λα Φράττα”
- Indonesian: “De La Fratta”
- Italian: “De La Fratta”
- Italian: “La Cesta”
- Italian: “Seconda Torre di San Marino”
- Italian: “Seconda Torre”
- Korean: “세콘다 토레”
- Lithuanian: “Česta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “De La Fratta”
- Polish: “Zamek Cesta”
- Russian: “Башня Честа”
- Russian: “Честа”
- Spanish: “De La Fratta”
- Turkish: “De La Fratta”
- Ukrainian: “Честа”
- Uzbek: “Chesta”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈی لا فراٹا”
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