Rocca Calascio

Rocca Calascio is a mountaintop fortress, at an elevation of 1,460 metres it's the highest fortress in the Apennines. Built of stone and masonry exclusively for military purposes and intended only to accommodate troops and never as residence for nobles, the fortress overlooks the Plain of Navelli at one of the highest points in the ancient Barony of Carapelle. (Calascio, Province of L'Aquila, Italy)