Rosettes castle and Rocca Calascio

[Koen G]

This one might be just a tad late:

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When King Ferdinand granted the keep to Antonio Todeschini Piccolomini in the mid-15th century, the building expanded: a cobblestone wall rose all around, four towers sloped toward the valley, the drawbridge now replaced by high steps, and the battlements.

The addition of the four towers, outer walls and battlements must thus have been after 1463, which is when Piccolomini became the owner.

It is a superb castle though!