Syracuse, Italy
3rd century BCE
Taranto, Italy
6th
Trieste, Italy
100-0 BC
Como, Italy
0-100 AD
Rome, Italy
c. 220 AD
Calatafimi-Segesta, Italy
3rd century BCE
Provincia di Agrigento, Italy
500 BCE
Pompei, Italy
0-100 AD
Brescia, Italy
69-96 AD
Rome, Italy
4th century AD
Aosta, Italy
around 0-10 AD
Brindisi, Italy
2nd century AD
Rome, Italy
104 AD
Aosta, Italy
25 BC
Syracuse, Italy
1st century AD
Milan, Italy
2nd century AD
Pozzuoli, Italy
1st century AD
Sassari, Italy
4000-3600 BCE
Rome, Italy
272 BCE
Brescia, Italy
73 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.