Castello di Acquafredda

Name: Castello di Acquafredda
Address: Strada Statale 293, Km 35, 09010 Siliqua, Sardinia Italy, Assemini/Assemini, Italy
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Strada Statale 293, Km 35, 09010 Siliqua, Sardinia Italy

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The medieval fortress of Acquafredda, which controlled the access to the mining town of Villa di Chiesa, nowadays Iglesias, was built upon a volcanic cone, about 256 m high. In December 1993 the site was found Natural Monument, called “Domo Andesitico of Acquafredda”. Structurally the castle is set out on three defensive levels: suburb, tower cistern, donjon. The pisan count Ugolino Della Gherardesca has been the most famous owner of the Castle of Acquafredda. His events became well-known thanks to the verses of Dante Alighieri who includes him in the traitors' circle of “Divine Comedy”: here he nibbles the skull of the man who put him in prison, the archbishop Ruggeri Degli Ubaldini. "His mouth uplifted from the grim repast, that sinner..." (Hell, chant XXXIII°).

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Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes