A large medieval or Renaissance castle has been discovered amongst the foliage of a hill in Lazio, Italy.

The discovery was made after investigations based on satellite imaging, which clearly revealed a site the same shape as another Renaissance castle in the region.

A team was dispatched to the site, and they uncovered fortified walls, partial towers and subterranean rooms. There was also an Etruscan tomb, which was previously known.

Independent Researcher Finds Lost Fortified Complex

On the final day of the exploration of the remnants of Renaissance Italy’s feudal defense systems, Marcello Assandri visited the site of Torre d’Ischia in order to seek proof of his hypothesis that this site was once far more than the simple tower that is shown on the map and in the historic records of the region.

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His research into the Renaissance history of the area, covered over the last week in the Ancient Origins Hidden Renaissance Castles series , had led him to believe it was actually the site of a fully-fledged castle which has been left out of the historic records for the area, and lost to time.

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