Orange, France
1st century AD
Córdoba, Spain
206 BCE
Lecce, Italy
2nd century AD
Naples, Italy
400-500 BCE
Turin, Italy
13 BCE
Rome, Italy
6th century BC
Piazza Armerina, Italy
4th century AD
Trier, Germany
186-200 AD
Lindos, Greece
10th century BCE
Milan, Italy
300-400 AD
Sagunto, Spain
1st century AD
Mérida, Spain
25 BCE
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Rome, Italy
212-127 AD
Cádiz, Spain
1st century BCE
Cartagena, Spain
5 BCE
Pula, Croatia
27 BC - 68 AD
Capaccio Paestum, Italy
550-450 BCE
Rome, Italy
3rd century AD
Città Metropolitana di Roma, Italy
335 BC
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.