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The Castello della Foresta, located on a hill in front of the Island of Dino, is a "fortified building of rectangular shape with a keep and two cylindrical towers grafted into the vertices of the polygon. There are still pieces of battlements in the Arab style.” Built with "shapeless stone laid with abundant mortar", "said castle of Charles V was in fact built at the time by Charles of Anjou. In the 17th century, the prelate Matteo Cosentino, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, went there to rest. The space We can call it La Rocca di Praia, Castello di Praia, Castello della Foresta or Castello Normanno, several names that indicate a castle built in the Norman era in the 12th-13th century. Perched on a hill near Praia, it juts out over the sea from which you can admire the wonderful view. At the beginning it was born as a military construction, to counter the incursions of the Aragonese and the Saracens, commissioned by Charles Duke of Calabria, son of Robert King of Naples. In the 16th century it assumed a feudal function, the local bishop used it as a summer home. Towards the end of the 18th century, the Marquises Ajeta sold it to the Counts Spinelli of Scalea. Today it is possible to rent it for high-class vacations. Registration Details IT078101C2PJYKQPJG