The Rocca Maggiore has dominated the citadel of Assisi and the Tescio valley for more than eight hundred years, constituting the most valid fortification for their defense.
You can reach the fortress on foot through the Perlici gate, built in 1316: you can admire the Assisian walls still intact which, in their long journey, connect the two fortresses, Maggiore and Minore.
The first documented records of the fort date back to 1173, when the German Catholic diplomat and archbishop Cristiano di Magonza (1130-1183, chancellor of Germany during the reign of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, occupied Assisi on behalf of the sovereign who stayed there for a short time. time.
The Rocca Maggiore
Address: Via della Rocca, 06081
Phone: 848 004 000
Site:
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Bonometti Paola