Top of the World
Integrated with the landscape, it almost seems as if the Fortress of Castrocaro completes the design and physiognomy of the cliff, with which it has become a single entity. Colours and materials have become inextricably linked, resulting in a unique combination of fortified architecture and natural environment. The Castrocaro Fortress is composed of three distinct architectural and defensive works: the Girone, the Rocca and the Medicean Arsenals.
The visit starts from the Palazzo del Castellano where the Historical Museum of the Castle and the City is housed, with weapons, furnishings, paintings, and mediaeval and Renaissance majolica that tell the thousand-year history of the Fortress through the three periods of domination of the castle and the city. The tour then moves on to the extraordinary and unique Medicean Arsenals of the Castrocaro Terme Fortress, also known as the “gunnery”, which represented a novelty in the field of fortified Renaissance architecture. They are characterised externally by a huge brick wall, while inside the space is divided into three large rooms over 12 metres high. In one room there is a large, spectacular fireplace with an oblique chimney, which makes the most of the “Venturi” effect.
