Norman-Swabian Castle, Aci Castle - Virtual Tour 360°

The Aci Castle is located in the town of Aci Castello in the province of Catania. The fortification of uncertain origin was the fulcrum of the development of the Aci territory in the Middle Ages.

During the Sicilian Vespers, it was subjected to the lordship of Ruggero di Lauria, then in the Aragonese era it belonged to Giovanni di Sicilia and finally to the Alagones, being besieged several times. It currently houses a civic museum.

The basaltic promontory where the castle stands is made up of underwater lava flows (pillow) that have a radiometric age of about 500,000 years from the present.

The basaltic cliff is surrounded by a prehistoric lava flow which in 19th century historiography was wrongly attributed to the eruption of 1169.

Map: Norman-Swabian Castle, Aci Castle - Virtual Tour 360°

vCard Info:

Address: Piazza Castello, 25 - 95021
Aci Castello (CT) Sicilia
Latitude: 37.554125450712746
Longitude: 15.149422287940979
Site: https://www.comune.acicastello...

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Type: Building
Function: Castle
Creation date: 07-01-2021 02:40
Last update: 14/12/2021