ITALIAN CASTLES IN PROJECT: CASTEL DEL MONTE

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http://www.casteldelmonte.beniculturali.it/index.php?en/93/the-castle

..."Castel del Monte is of outstanding universal value in its formal perfection and its harmonious blending of cultural elements from Northern Europe, the Muslim world and classical antiquity. It is a unique masterpiece of medieval military architecture reflecting the humanism of its founder: Frederick II of Hoenstaufen".

With these words, in 1966, the UNESCO Committee for the World Patrimony  included  the castle, built about 1240 by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, in the World Heritage List.