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Arechi Castle

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Arechi Castle stands atop a mountain about 360 meters above sea level in southern Italy, overlooking the city of Salerno at its foot. The hilltop fortress has long dominated the approach to Salerno and remains one of the city's principal historic landmarks. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Castle 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Salerno, Italy 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Castle 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Castle, Concepts

Uses Element

Sandstone, Architectural Materials
Source Arechi Castle (Wikipedia)
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Italy

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Source Arechi Castle (Wikipedia)
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1. Arechi Castle (Wikipedia)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Arechi Castle stands atop a mountain about 360 meters above sea level in southern Italy, overlooking the city of Salerno at its foot. The hilltop fortress has long dominated the approach to Salerno and remains one of the city's principal historic landmarks.
  • Infobox: building_type
    castle
  • Uses Element: Sandstone, Article text
    The construction of the castle began in the 6th century (over the remains of an old roman castrum) under the Byzantine rule (the construction of the oldest part of the ramparts made of sandstone blocks is characteristic of this period).
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2. Arechi Castle (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 394018): Salerno, Italy
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 394018): Salerno, Italy
Wikidata item Q1174435, property P131/P17 (location): Salerno, Italy
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Wikidata: Arechi Castle
Wikidata Q1174435, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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