We took a couple of hours and went to a castle that we have been told of since we got here. It is just 20 miles away. The location is a perfect defense location. This castle and many others were part of the countries alert system. The towers built fires on them that could be seen for great distances. We could see three other hill top cities from the top, along with the sea and our own Crotone.

 The city of San Severina sits on the tip top.

 Welcome-- the trip up had a narrow road full of switch backs.

 The castle is one level after another of large and spacious courtyards, used today for concerts and public and private parties.

 Looking to the East you can see the Catholic Chapel once Greek Orthodox Church and to the West you enter the main gates. There are many entrances but only one will let you in, as we found out!

 I had to take a couple of pictures of these courtyards, the stone work is over the top! White marble in the walkway in and the courtyard was divided into 4 sections half one direction the other half a different direction.

 On the first level you see the water system the shinny hole is to show the storage tank for water and the pipers coming down from the tank have been cut open to show that they had running water in this castle!

 This map shows all the castles who were a part of the defense system. They showed pictures of each Castle as it stands today and they were all standing from what we could tell.( this is just our section of the map so it was a map of all of Italy.) 

 On Guard, they had many knights through out the castle, nothing that looked from the time period of the castle though! 

 The lower level was the wash room, this is the tub for washing.

 There was a floor here at one point and now all that is left are the burials that were under the floor of the castle chapel.

 One of the 'Wells'.

 This is another storage tank for water/ wishing well.

 The upper rooms are lovely and the floors are also amazing.

Had to get some of the ceilings, not in the style of the rest of Italy, but beautiful.