Monteodorisio Castle, the guardian of the Valley Sinello

from le fortified structures most important in Abruzzo is the Monteodorisio Castle, in provincia di Chieti, which has medieval origins. The building belonged to powerful families in time, including the Del Borgo, i Barrile, the Caldora and the Avalos, writing a long and fascinating history to the area. Located right on top of the town, Castle had a great strategic function: from its towers dominates the Sinello valley and then, in ancient times, It represented a formidable garrison for the land. Today the Castle Monteodorisio They are visible only two sides of the original trapezoidal shape, ie the north side -occidentale, equipped with four cannon mouths, and the south-east side, as well as three of the original four towers.

Monteodorisio Castle, structure

The Monteodorisio Castle It was built with river pebbles Sinello, worked with clay. The towers have a circular shape and the northern part is equipped with walls four meters thick, for a height of fourteen meters and splayed openings for cannons. In the north facade there is a bay window with a round arch that, along with towers, It is the oldest part of the castle. The walls have undergone renovations and strengthening interventions, some occurred in the fifteenth century and others more recently, until the 1960. Due to its construction characteristics and the historical events that have affected the, the Monteodorisio Castle is placed next to the fortified structures of Ortucchio and Ortona.

"What a beautiful castle" in Monteodorisio

Within the Monteodorisio Castle houses the Museum for the economy of antiquity and the Renaissance - Documentation Center of the Franciscan Order in Abruzzo and Molise, from 1985. In one of the rooms you can admire the historical and archaeological exhibition "What a beautiful castle". In so far as, originally, They were the fourth tower and the stretch connecting wall with the neighboring towers, Today there is a residential building. A south, instead, has been built in recent times a hydraulic tank, that does not allow you to use the space of the Castle. Despite these interventions, that they have changed the landscape and even the urban, the Monteodorisio Castle preserves its timeless charm.