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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pagrae — by T. Sinclair — last modified Aug 05, 2020 01:35 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 67 C4 Pagrae
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- San Antonino di Perti — by Stefano Costa — last modified Jul 09, 2022 09:44 PM
- An Early Byzantine fortification in the Liguria Maritima.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.