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Place Monte San Giovanni Campano by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 18, 2021 08:38 PM
Monte San Giovanni Campano is the site of ancient first millennium BC fortifications, atop which was built the eleventh century fortress, Castello di Monte San Giovanni Campano, where Thomas Aquinas was imprisoned.
Place Monte Serico by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Oct 17, 2021 08:01 AM
A hill located in the northern part of the modern Basilicata province of Italy. In addition to a prominent Norman castle, archaeological survey indicates human activity stretching back to the Bronze Age.
Place Murgaual (castle) by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Mar 20, 2020 04:41 PM
A Spanish castle and village located in the north of the province of Córdoba that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. Today it's known as Castillo de Murgabal or Castillo de Almogábar. It is part of the village of Torrecampo and the region of Fuencaliente.
Place Negrenenses Maiores/Ad Maiores by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Nov 03, 2019 04:37 PM
A Roman fort and associated settlement (vicus) known today as Henchir Bessariani. It is located southwest of modern Negrine in Algeria.
Place Oostvoorne by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 02, 2022 07:29 PM
Oostvoorne may correspond to a putative Roman period place that once protected the Meuse river estuary (Helinium) and therefore may have carried its name. Coastal change has long since consumed any remains of the Roman site; a Medieval castle is still attested.
Place Pagrae by T. Sinclair — last modified Aug 05, 2020 01:35 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 67 C4 Pagrae
Place Penteskouphia by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Apr 28, 2021 03:09 PM
A hill surmounted by a Frankish fortress located ca. 1200 m SW of Akrocorinth.
Place Radicofani by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 04, 2024 11:16 AM
Radicofani, located ca. 60 km southeast of Siena, is the site of the tenth-century AD castle of the Carolingian Ghino di Tacco.
Place Rocca Calascio by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 18, 2021 08:06 PM
A tenth-century fortress located in the Province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy.
Place Rocca San Silvestro, Campiglia Marittima by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 05, 2018 08:59 AM
The Rocca San Silvestro is a tenth century fortified village on Monte Rombolo near Campiglia Marittima in the Alta Maremma. The village was built in order to exploit rich mineral resources in the area.
Place San Antonino di Perti by Stefano Costa — last modified Jul 09, 2022 09:44 PM
An Early Byzantine fortification in the Liguria Maritima.
Place Santa Eufemia by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Mar 20, 2020 04:41 PM
A Spanish castle and village located in the north of the province of Córdoba that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X.
Place Scarborough Castle by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 01, 2023 09:43 PM
The ruins of a medieval castle built ca. A.D. 1135 by William le Gros, Earl of Albemarle. Now an English Heritage site.
Place Sibrium by M. Pearce — last modified Jun 28, 2023 10:01 AM
The Roman fort of Sibrium, known today as Castelseprio or Castel Seprio, became a significant Lombard town of the early Middle Ages. It was destroyed and abandoned in 1287. In 2011, the site, including the church of Santa Maria 'foris portas', the castrum and its Torba Tower, was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Place Siphrios by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 15, 2016 01:16 PM
A large Roman or late Roman fortress that was at least partly maintained into the medieval period. Known today as Rabat Kalesi, it is located to the northeast of the village of Hisaraltı in modern Turkey.
Place Sorviodunum by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Dec 01, 2021 10:23 AM
Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) is the site of pre-Roman habitation in Salisbury, England, where occupation began as early as 3,000 B.C. The oval Pre-Roman fort, covering some 11 ha, was re-used during the Roman and Norman periods.
Place Stari Ras by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Apr 08, 2021 02:17 PM
Stari Ras, the first capital of Serbia, is the site of an impressive group of medieval monuments consisting of fortresses, churches and monasteries listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Place Summuntorium by H. Bender — last modified Nov 04, 2024 11:40 PM
A site with a long history of occupation, beginning in the Mesolithic period. In the Roman imperial period, a Roman auxiliary fort replaces a La Tène phase of occupation. A vicus is associated with the fort.
Place Tel Yokneam by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Mar 21, 2018 12:30 PM
Settlement in northern Palestine inhabited from the Early Bronze Age through the Mamluk period.
Place Tino di Moscona by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Sep 04, 2024 03:22 PM
The remains of a fortification located in the territory of Grosseto. While the visible architectural remains date to the Medieval period, the hilltop likely was occupied earlier by Etruscans and Romans.