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Key facts
- Owner
- Municipality of Milan
- Open to the public
- Yes
- Condition
- Restored by Luca Beltrami (1891–1905)
- Website
- www .milanocastello .it /en
- Built
- 1360–1499
- In use
- Until 1862
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- castle
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Milan
- Owned by
- Milan
- Official website
- www.milanocastello.it/en
- Image
- 20110725 Castello Sforzesco Milan 5557.jpg
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- different from
- Castello Sforzesco (Vigevano)
- Commons category
- Castello Sforzesco (Milan)
- Commons gallery
- Castello Sforzesco (Milan)
- Commons Institution page
- Castello Sforzesco, Milan
- topic's main category
- Category:Castello Sforzesco
- architectural style
- Renaissance architecture
- architect
- Filarete
- inception
- 1360-00-00
- phone number
- +39-02-8846-3700
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- postal code
- 20100
- street address
- Piazza Castello
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sforza Castle (Italian: Castello Sforzesco [kasˈtɛllo sforˈtsesko]; Milanese: Castell Sforzesch [kasˈtɛl sfurˈsɛsk]) is a medieval fortification located in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. Later renovated and enlarged, in the 16th and 17th centuries it was one of the largest citadels in Europe. Extensively rebuilt by Luca Beltrami in 1891–1905, it now houses several of the city's museums and art collections.
Torre del Filarete from interior of Sforza Castle
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sforza Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.