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Hidden places in Italy

1 uncrowded place in Italy, away from Rome: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Ruined stone towers of Rocca Calascio on a ridge above the Apennine plateau
Forgotten ruins Italy · Abruzzo

Rocca Calascio

One of the highest fortresses in the Apennines: a roofless 10th-century watchtower and ring walls on a bare limestone ridge at 1,460 m, free and open day and night.

Coordinates
42°19′42″N 13°41′54″E
Crowds
Quiet
Landscape
Plateau & highland
Best season
Best in Summer