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  Rafal > Yesterday, 09:23 PM

  I have recently discovered this castle:
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  I haven't seen this name being mentioned on these forums.
  
  For me it is somehow similar to the well known Rosettes castle  ( You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. )
  Of course it was more complete in the early 1400s 
  It is also located on some mountain ridge and Rosettes page may be interpreted as having some fortified ridges as well.
  
  How do you think, similar or not? 
     

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  JoJo_Jost > 6 hours ago

  In my opinion, this is a really great find. Of course, there’s a rectangular tower in the center; I looked into it, but I couldn’t find any older illustrations or drawings—maybe it was built later on. But I think the castle clearly shows that the VMS drawing could depict an actual castle. It’s quite impressive.

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  MarcoP > 2 hours ago

  I don't think it's particularly similar, but it's one of my favourite castles, so thank you mentioning it.

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  Rafal > 1 hour ago

  For me it seems similar but to be honest I don't believe it may lead us anywhere.
  
  The Voynich Manuscript illustrator almost for sure worked with other manuscripts and not reality. 
  
  He didn't travel to Abruzzo region to see this castle. He probably drew the Rosette castle by using some reference like De Machinis of Taccola, took some castle from there and changed details. And the castle in the original source, even if inspired by some real castle, was already altered by the artist who drew it.
  
  So Voynich castle may be originally inspired by some Italian castle (or several castles) but changed so much that trying to identify it would be wild goose chase.
  
  But I agree, Rocca Calascio is cool 

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  Mark Knowles > 54 minutes ago

  (1 hour ago)Rafal Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So Voynich castle may be originally inspired by some Italian castle (or several castles) but changed so much that trying to identify it would be wild goose chase.

  
  Or it may be based on a castle which was destroyed and so no longer survives like the Castello di Porta di Giovia in Milan which was on the site of the now Castello Sforzesco and was destroyed in 1447 and on which I believe the illustration was based.
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