25th National Castles Days: Free Guided Tours Across Italy, May 11-12
Italy will host the 25th National Castles Days (Giornate Nazionali dei Castelli) on May 11-12, 2024, featuring complimentary guided tours and various activities at historic fortifications. This event, organized by the Istituto Italiano Castelli—established by Piero Gazzola—celebrates the institute's anniversary. Notable attractions include the medieval walls of Vasto in Abruzzo, a conference at Castello Tramontano in Basilicata, and the National Archaeological Museum in Calabria. Additional events will take place at Castel Capuano and Castel Sant'Elmo in Campania, Santa Maria in Terra del Sole in Emilia-Romagna, Casaforte Nussi Deciani Zamò in Friuli Venezia Giulia, tours at Castello di Sermoneta in Lazio, a sustainable tour in Liguria, Castello Sforzesco in Lombardy, and Rocca di Sassocorvaro in Marche, among others.
Key facts
- 25th edition of National Castles Days on May 11-12, 2024
- Organized by Istituto Italiano Castelli, founded 60 years ago by Piero Gazzola
- President Michaela Marullo Stagno D'Alcontres leads the nonprofit
- Free guided tours and cultural activities at castles across all Italian regions
- Castello di Taormina reopens after 30 years of restoration
- Rocca di Sassocorvaro served as WWII art refuge for 10,000 pieces
- Forte Belvedere in Trentino is a peace monument visited by 28,000+ annually
- Castello Sforzesco in Milan features Leonardo da Vinci's experiments
Entities
Artists
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Piero Gazzola
- Michaela Marullo Stagno D'Alcontres
- Onorato III Caetani
- Pietro II Caetani
- Pasquale Rotondi
- Teodoro D'Errico
- Cosimo I de Medici
- Maometto II
Institutions
- Istituto Italiano Castelli
- Conservatorio Lorenzo Perosi
- Scuderie del Quirinale
- Unesco
- Consorzio per la Salvaguardia dei Castelli Storici del Friuli Venezia Giulia
Locations
- Italy
- Abruzzo
- Vasto
- Basilicata
- Matera
- Calabria
- Vibo Valentia
- Campania
- Camerota
- Salerno
- Avella
- Avellino
- Castel Cicala
- Nola
- Napoli
- Castel Capuano
- Castel Sant'Elmo
- Emilia Romagna
- Terra del Sole
- Castrocaro Terme
- Forlì
- Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Manzano
- Udine
- Lazio
- Sermoneta
- Latina
- Liguria
- Finale
- Noli
- Lombardy
- Milan
- Marche
- Sassocorvaro
- Pesaro Urbino
- Molise
- Campobasso
- Colletorto
- Montorio nei Frentani
- Piedmont
- Volpiano
- Torino
- Puglia
- Brindisi
- Sardinia
- La Maddalena
- Sassari
- Capo d'Orso
- Sicily
- Taormina
- Messina
- Trentino Alto Adige
- Lavarone
- Trento
- Umbria
- Antria
- Magione
- Perugia
- Veneto
- Verona
- Peschiera
- Mantova
- Legnago
- Forte Monte Tesoro