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Castle structure

 

1 – Drawbridge and  entrance  of  castle where is engraved the famous sentence : Quod Siculis Placuit Sola  Sperlinga   Negavit.    

A – East side  

2 – Prince's room is a  large salon with mullioned window with two lights.  

3 – Stable and working place: you can see a forge and its conical chimney engraved  on the rock (4) and  the “postern” or back entrance  to go out secretly during siege.      

5 - Reservoir, a set of wells and canals to collect rain.

B - West side – residential part

6 – Church of Saint Luc  Evangelist after consecrated to Saint Domenico Soriano.

7 -  A line of  silos to store  corn,  by a stair  on wood you can visit this side, among them there is the mysterious silo with 12 twelve niches perhaps  it was a sundial or a sacred area;

8 – Residence : composed by rooms to the possessor's family. A stair link to the second level now used like balcony (9) . 

10 –Marvellous  stair : a flight of 80 eighty steps engraved on the rock  bring to military zone composed  by a tower (11) and an esplanade where there were   crossbows and catapults; however you can observe a strange trap for enemies   and different reservoirs.



  Aggiornato al: 22-08-2011