• The Unesco listed Castelgrande, standing atop its forbidding rocky hill, is the natural centre of the fortifications which together make up Bellinzona's defense.
  • The Castelgrande hill includes a nearly vertical side on the north and a steep southern side, but is nearly flat and 150–200 meters (490–660 ft) in diameter.
  • Castelgrande. Author: Aurelio Galfetti. Location: Switzerland (Bellinzona).
  • Castelli (Castelgrande, Montebello ve Sasso Corbaro) , Giovanni Agosti, Jacopo Stoppa, Marco Tanzi (düzenleyen), «Ticino topraklarında Rönesans.
  • Completed in 1989 by Aurelio Galfetti, the restoration work of the largest of the three castles in Bellinzona: Castelgrande began in 1980.
  • The first human settlement on San Michele hill dates back to 5500/5000 B.C., in the Neolithic period. The first archaeologically confirmed fortification was ...
  • Castelgrande is the most impressive of its three famous UNESCO castles, soaring above the beauty of the historic town center.
  • Contact. Castelgrande Salita al Castelgrande 6500 Bellinzona Phone +41 (0)91 825 21 31 bellinzonese-altoticino.ch.
  • The site of the Castelgrande has been fortified since at least the late 1st Century BC and until the 13th Century it was the only fortification in Bellinzona.
  • The city is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebello, Sasso Corbaro) that have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000.