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Posted by1 month ago

The Castle of Rocca Calascio a mountaintop fortress or rocca in the municipality of Calascio, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy

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level 1

· 1 mo. ago

Final Boss location

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level 2

· 1 mo. ago

First in Dark Souls.

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level 1

· 1 mo. ago

Looks perfect for a terror movie, but it's really nice and wonderful.

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level 1

· 1 mo. ago

Food? Water? Heat - if they're burning wood, how does the wood (or whatever) get there?

If I was invading, I'd ignore this place and go on to take over the surrounding lands. Let them starve to death or come out and surrender - or fight.

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level 2

· 1 mo. ago

This picture was taken during winter and it's not actually that high in the mountains like it looks. It overlooks a large hill down on a flat valley that's full of forest and fertile farmland with villages. Pretty well strategically placed.

https://www.google.com/maps/search/Rocca+calascio/@42.3216162,13.6854705,3713m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

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level 2

· 26 days ago

I am going to use this as inspiration in a DnD campaign, to be honest. The castle could sit on/along a ridge of rock and act as a watchtower, but in secret it is actually the fortified side-entrance to a dwarven city. The dwarves would feed and fuel it from underground and would pay humans or halflings to man the tower and provide a presence, hiding that of the dwarves.

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level 2

· 1 mo. ago

Does seem more like an over done refuge than a useful functional castle

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level 1

· 1 mo. ago

I've seen this in a movie, what was it...? They were running across the bridge to a helicopter.

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level 2

· 1 mo. ago

The American?

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level 1

· 1 mo. ago

This castle has been used as Imperius' castle in Lady Hawke.
I've been there, my sister's ex-boyfriend's family has a house in Calascio.
Wonderful place all around, especially if you want quiet.
Just beware, some days you step out the door, and into low clouds!

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