PACENTRO

Pacentro is an Italian town of 1,250 inhabitants of the province in the Abruzzo region. It is part of the Mountain Community Peligna, in the Majella National Park and the Club of the Most Beautiful Villages in Italy.

The medieval village is located in a hilly area (690 m) on the slopes of the Morrone Mountains, guarding the Valle Peligna.

The most significant architectural element is the Caldora Castle, consists of a complex of three square towers (sec. XIV) arranged in a quadrilateral plant, surrounded by a wide moat. There are also three round towers to reinforce the outer wall (sec. XV).

Castle Caldora or Cantelmos Castle is an ancient fortification of Abruzzo is built on a base of trapezoidal shape.

In the corners there are towers, a square base, of which today are visible only three, typical in the Abruzzo countryside in the Valle Peligna.

There are also three circular bastions.

For his majesty he is famous among the castles of Abruzzo with the castle Piccolomini Celano, the Eagle's castle, the castle of Balsorano, Rocca Calascio, the Roccascalegna castle and the Aragonese Castle of Ortona.

The castle promises on the square with the baroque facade and in front of the Santa Maria Maggiore church.

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