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Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona

A late-medieval defensive ensemble of three castles linked by fortified walls that guarded the approach to the Ticino valley through the Alps.

Type
Cultural
Inscribed
2000
Canton
Ticino
Criteria
Iv
Nearest town
Bellinzona

Source: whc.unesco.org

46.1929° N 9.0223° E · TicinoRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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Viktar Palstsiuk, U.S. Department of State · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 / Public domain

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