Andria, Puglia, Castel Del Monte. Castel Del Monte Is A Thirteenth Century Fortress Built By The Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire Royalty-Free Stock Image

The castle is built directly on a rocky bank, in many points outcropping, and is universally known for its octagonal shape. On each of the eight corners, eight towers of the same shape are grafted into the local limestone curtain walls, marked by a string course cornice, eight monoforces open on the lower level, seven mullioned windows and a single three-light window, facing Andria, in the upper one. The courtyard, octagonal in shape, is characterized, like the whole building, by the chromatic contrast deriving from the use of coral breccia, limestone and marble; once there were also ancient sculptures, of which only the slab depicting the Procession of the Knights and a Fragment of an anthropomorphic figure remain.