Orsini-Colonna Castle, Avezzano

Name: Orsini-Colonna Castle
Address: Piazza Castello, Avezzano, Italy

#2 among attractions in Avezzano

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture

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The Orsini-Colonna castle is a castle in Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila. ()

Local name: Castello Orsini-Colonna Built: 1490 (535 years ago)Coordinates: 42°1'39"N, 13°25'33"E

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Piazza CastelloAvezzano Italy

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Orsini-Colonna Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alba Fucens, Tunnels of Claudius, Avezzano Cathedral, Santa Maria della Vittoria.

3.7 miN
Town, Museum
Alba Fucens
94 min walk • Nestled amid the rugged beauty of the Abruzzo region in Italy, Alba Fucens presents a remarkable journey through time for history enthusiasts and casual visitors alike. This ancient town, now an archaeological site, was once a strategic Roman stronghold established in...
2.7 miS
Ruins
Tunnels of Claudius, Avezzano
70 min walk • The Tunnels of Claudius are a hydraulic work made up of a long underground canal, six inclined service tunnels and thirty-two wells, which Emperor Claudius had built between 41 and 52 AD to control the variable levels of the Fucine Lake in Abruzzo, thus protecting riparian...
0.5 miN
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Avezzano Cathedral, Avezzano
12 min walk • Avezzano Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Bartholomew in Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italy. There have been churches on the site since the 11th century but earthquakes have repeatedly destroyed them; the present cathedral dates from after the great earthquake of 1915.
4.7 miNW
Monastery
Santa Maria della Vittoria
119 min walk • The Abbey of Santa Maria della Vittoria was a Cistercian monastery located in Scurcola Marsicana, Province of L'Aquila, Italy.
4 miN
Forts and castles
Castello Orsini
102 min walk • Castello Orsini is a Middle Ages castle in Massa d'Albe, Province of L'Aquila.
5.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Rocca Orsini
131 min walk • Rocca Orsini is a Middle Ages castle in Scurcola Marsicana, Province of L'Aquila.
1.3 miW
Mountain
Monte Salviano, Avezzano
34 min walk • Monte Salviano is a massif in the Abruzzo Apennines, Central Italy. It includes the peaks of Monte d'Aria, Monte Cimarani and Monte San Felice. Since 1999 the area, falling within the municipal territory of Avezzano, has been included in the Riserva Naturale di Monte Salviano.
1.5 miNE
Neighbourhood
Marsica, Avezzano
38 min walk • Marsica is a geographical and historical region in the Abruzzo, central Italy, including 37 comuni in the province of L'Aquila. It is located between the plain of the former Fucine Lake, the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, the plain of Carsoli and the valley of Sulmona.
5.5 miNW
42°5'33"N • 13°21'53"E
Comune Magliano de' Marsi, Magliano de' Marsi
140 min walk • City hall
1.3 miW
Church
Santuario Madonna di Pietraquaria, Avezzano
35 min walk • The Sanctuary of the Madonna di Pietraquaria is a church situated on Mount Salviano at about 1,000 metres ASL in the municipal territory of Avezzano, Abruzzo, Central Italy.
4.9 miE
Museum, Archaeological museum
Museo Paludi di Celano
124 min walk • Museo Paludi di Celano is an archaeology museum in Celano, Province of L'Aquila.