Bacoli, Italy
8th century BCE
Lugo, Spain
1st century AD
Fontvieille, France
2nd century AD
Bohonal de Ibor, Spain
2nd century AD
Patras, Greece
160 AD
Bavay, France
16-13 BCE
Las Médulas, Spain
0-100 AD
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
0-100 AD
Fréjus, France
0-100 AD
Ourense, Spain
c. 75 AD
Córdoba, Spain
3rd century AD
Welzheim, Germany
160 AD
Aymavilles, Italy
3 BCE
Algeciras, Spain
0-100 AD
Braga, Portugal
1st century BCE
Perl, Germany
2nd century AD
Reggio Calabria, Italy
2nd century AD
Porto Torres, Italy
1st century BCE
Acqui Terme, Italy
1st century AD
Thasos, Greece
2nd century AD
Sigmaringen Castle was first mentioned in the year 1077 in the chronicles of Petershausen monastery. The oldest parts of the castle are concealed beneath the alterations made during the 17th and the 19th centuries. The secret of the earliest settlement built on this defendable rock will never be fully revealed: large-scale excavation work would be necessary, which the extensive land development renders impossible. Judging from the many Roman remains unearthed in the area around Sigmaringen, the 12th century keep known as the 'Roman Tower' could be traced back to a Roman predecessor.
The castle remains that have been preserved (gate, great hall and keep) date back to the Staufer period around 1200. The castle remains were integrated into subsequent buildings. The foundations of the castle buildings are to a large extent identical to the surrounding castle wall.
These remains give us a good idea of how the castle might have looked during the 12th century.