Casino Grande, great fortified farm of the eighteenth century. Monte Climiti Sicily.


The Grand Casino fortified farm is certainly the most important rural structure of the Monte Climiti area. It was built in early 800 in the feud of the noble family of Syracuse Benevento seicentesce on existing structures, it shows the typical structure with a central cohort surrounded by work environments and service. The farm, in fact, was completely self-sufficient having inside mills and millstones. Very interesting is the fortified gatehouse built at the entrance of the farm where you can still see many rifleman guarding 360 ° both massera that the exterior from possible attacks from robbers. The danger of banditry was so heard to protect the precious products of the land, the farm was defended by other guns distributed on all sides. Currently the facilities of the Grand Casino pay the absolute degradation conditions and the numerous collapses and the many sections of crumbling wall will lead to a slow disappearance of this magnificent example of the 800 Sicilian feudal countryside.


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Location: Monte Climiti, Siracuse, Sicily, Italy, Europe
Photo credit: © Diego Barucco / Alamy / Afripics
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