Castelsardo Castle

The town of Castelsardo originates from the castle built in the 12th or 13th century by the Doria family of Genoa. The castle and the village which gradually formed round it where the seat of the Doria's fiefdom in the island called Castel Doria or Castelgenovese, until it was conquered by the Aragonese in the 15th century (1448), and named Castillo Aragonés (Castel Aragonese). Later it became the seat of the bishopric until the Cathedral of Sant’Antonio Abate was built in 1586.

Address
Via Guglielmo Marconi 2424, Castelsardo, Italy

Established
12th century