Castello Di R: Italy May 2015

Final location on the first full day in Italy with Maša Kores Photography and As The Light Slowly Fades we arrive at this stunning abandoned castle.

So this is a replica of a castle built in the 11th century for military training, which is situated nearby.

It eventually became a stately home in the 15th century. During the next century it suffered attacks during a war with Spain and suffered a severe amount of damage. Soon after the castle was struck by lightening causing yet even more damage.

The castle is now restored and I believe open to the public.

Anyway, on with the abandoned castle we visited.

The castle was built by a disgruntled Count, heir to the nearby original castle at the turn of the 20th century after an inheritance dispute which didn't go in their favour.

Summoning a well know architect from Turin the brief was to replicate the nearby castle but to make it even more lavish than the original.

After construction it became a family home for around 40 years until the Count finally passed away. A few years later the castle was left abandoned.

I am unsure what has gone on here over the past seventy years but I don't believe it has been left abandoned all that time.