Castel Grande — Attraction in Circolo di Bellinzona

The routes through the Alps have always been of crucial strategic importance. In Bellinzona several pass routes come together within a small area – an ideal place to control transit traffic.

The three Castles of Bellinzona, Castelgrande, Montebello and Sasso Corbaro together with their fortress walls were built in the Medieval Age and have since been both the northern border of the Plain of the Po and a southern bastion of the alpine valleys.

This bolt once should have prevented the onrushing Swiss citizens from expanding southwards. But in 1503 Bellinzona chose to no longer to be subject of Milan and instead joined the Swiss Confederation so that in the following years the fortresses were used against the south and against Milan.

Nowadays, the bulwark is the most important witness of the medieval art of fortifications in the alpine area. Since 2000 the three castles of Bellinzona have been an UNESCO World Heritage...

Standing on the top of the castle of the Castello di Motebello fortress at an altitude of 462 meters outside the city, looking north, the Castelgrande Castle located on the pinnacle in the city overlooks the entire Ticino Valley. The warm sunshine shines on the ancient and splendid castle, simple and mysterious, clear and majestic. After thousands of years, the ancient castle fortress stands tall and majestic, and still faithfully guards the quiet and remote Bellinzona town below the mountain. The new city in the distance and the ancient city at the foot of the mountain have spanned more than 800 years of history, harmoniously and harmoniously meeting in the Ticino Valley of the Alps, spectacular...

If you're used to Swiss sights, historical sites, public spaces and, actually, to all Swiss things overall, you got confronted with what to do and what not. Tiny itsybitsy signs here and there, no touching this, no leaning over that, don't spill your mc latte frappucino vanilla coke whisky here, don't fall in that hole. You get the story. Here on the other hand, you go up, and it's just like in a videogame. You walk where you would like, no boring handrails everywhere, no signs to not fall of the wall. Refreshingly cool! Nice castle, well preserved, definitely the most interesting to see in the otherwise, erm,...