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(Location Pontelatrave) A residential castle (14th – 15th century). The construction is credited to
Berardo da Varano who in 1371 was holder to the Beldiletto property in Pontelatrave. The castle, built on
a rectangular plan, is surrounded by a steep wall reinforced by four armed, corner escarpement towers, whose
construction was begun in 1375; the portico of internal courtyard (completed prior to 1382) with an elegant
sequence of ogive arches in bichromatic stone and carved arched lintels, double lashed pillars in the layer-roofed
upper gallery, represents a pretigious example of late gothic architecture. In 1464 it was transformed into a
fortified villa by Giulio Cesare Varano, who had sixty life-sized historical figures painted in two overlapping
series, today almost indistinguishable for their degraded condition. Only the southwest sides of the 4th century
courtyard remain.
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