Stock Photo: Italy. Matera. Tramontano Castle, 16Th Century Ad The Mighty Circular Building Of A One Of The Two Side Towers
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The castle, built in Aragonese style on the hill of Lapillo by Giovan Carlo Tramontano, was never finished due to the untimely death of the count of Matera who, unpopular with the population, was the victim of a conspiracy of citizens of Matera who murdered him in 1514 in a alley to the side of the Cathedral.
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