Il castello chiaramontano di Siculiana è un castello costruito attorno al 1310 da Federico II di Chiaramonte, figlio di Federico Chiaramonte e Marchisa Prefolio.
Storia
Posto all'estremità nord-ovest di un costone roccioso, a 85 metri sul livello del mare tra il capoluogo e Sciacca, il castello è stato il fulcro di sviluppo urbano della parte più antica dell'abitato di Siculiana.

Era una rocca imprendibile, la sua inespugnabilità era particolarmente dovuta alle sue mura che cadevano a picco sull'orlo della roccia.

L'origine del fortilizio è araba; i Musulmani lo avevano chiamato, unitamente al piccolo casale circostante, "Rahl" o "Kalat Suguliana" e figura tra gli undici castelli che resistettero a Ruggero il Normanno.
escrizione
Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Siculiana
Interno della Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Nel complesso architettonico originario si trovano gli ambienti di servizio, ed una chiesa dedicata a San Lorenzo.

La parte restante presenta un impianto planimetrico composto da due corpi longitudinali convergenti: l'ala meridionale consta di un corpo longitudinale ad una elevazione, l'ala settentrionale presenta un'articolazione più complessa e doppia elevazione.

Tutta la costruzione è costruita con pietrame di gesso legato con abbondante malta.

Castello di Siculiana

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Il castello ducale di Joppolo, o palazzo Colonna, è un maniero settecentesco dai tratti medievali, situato nella Sicilia Occidentale in provincia di Agrigento, nel borgo di Joppolo Giancaxio.
Voluto da Calogero Gabriele Colonna, venne ampliato e modificato nella struttura nel '800.

Il castello, collocato sul fianco di una rupe, sorto sulle rovine di una più antica fortezza trecentesca chiaramontano, è posto in posizione strategica ad un’altezza di 270 metri sul livello del mare.

Il castello
Il maniero, di stile neogotico-mediterraneo, è stato costruito interamente con pietrame calcareo del luogo. Si deve all’architetto Francesco Paolo Palazzotto intorno al 1894 che dovette trasformare e riadattare una struttura preesistente.

La cappella
Costruita intorno al 1880, con blocchi di tufo arenario, in puro stile trecentesco chiaramontano. Costituiva il luogo in cui i Colonna passando da Joppolo seguivano il sacro ufficio.

Castello ducale di Joppolo

The charm of an ancient building meets the legend of a fabulous treasure: this is the best introduction for the castello di Favara, new stage of the tour to discover the castles of Sicily.

The history
Built in the late Thirteenth century by Chiaramonte family, the castle is the “point of passage” from the type of the castle to the type of the building (in fact, it is known as “palace”).
In the Seventeenth century, the castle of Favara was used as a stately home.
From the early Eighteenth century, the kitchens at the two sides of the large portal were used as prisons: to be precise, the rooms on the left as a criminal prison and the rooms on the right as a civil prison.
In the Seventies of the Twentieth century, part of the stone fence was removed.

The castle
The disposition of the parts of the castle has the shape of a square: this characteristic is typical of Sicilian Swabian castles, particularly of the “palacia” (or “solacia”) built by King Frederick II of Swabia. Since it is located in a slightly elevated position, it was used almost exclusively as a residence.

The facade can be divided into two parts: the first is compact, the second pierced by mullioned windows.
The ground floor rooms have vaulted ceilings.
There is a commemorative plaque in the entrance hall: on that plaque, there is an indecipherable inscription that, according to a popular legend, indicates the location of a fabulous treasure.
The chapel and the portal are the two most characteristic elements of the castle: in particular, the columns at the sides of the portal are typically Norman style.
 
How to get there
Favara is a small town in the province of Agrigento. To get there from Agrigento, just take the county road 80 and follow the road sogns Favara. The journey by car takes about 20 minutes.

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 The castello di Favara 

The remains of Poggiodiana Castle, or Misilcassino Castle, of Ribera are constituted by part of the perimeter walls and two towers, a quadrangular portion and a cylindrical, 25 meters in height and about 30 meters in circumference, of particular interest for the characteristic crowning corbels. Developed in about 3000 m² with an irregular plan, from the north side svettava on a precipice of over 300 meters, at the foot of which flows the river vegetables, east one sees the village of La Ribera. The fortress was firmly closed by an alignment of internal manufactured high approximately 20 meters and reinforced by a second defense wall. From a door on the sixth acute reached a second courtyard, where insisted the guard post with the accommodation of squires and the armoury, and opened the magazines and the scuderia. From the courtyard, thanks to the stairs, you saliva on the upper floors, where the lords were staying in the large apartments.

The castle was built in the XII century by the Normans in defense of small neighboring communities and land between the Platani (Eraclea Minoa) and Triocala (Caltabellotta), and known until the XIV century with the name saraceno of Misilcassino, i.e. place of descent on horseback. Granted to Maletta family, from these was inherited by Scaloro degli Uberti, who made himself guilty of perfidy you saw confiscate the castle that was given to Monterosso for subsequently passes to the Chiaramonte and Guglielmo Peralta. In the fifteenth century it passed into the possession of the Counts Luna, in memory of these changed its name to take finally the appellative of Castello di Poggiodiana in honor of the noblewoman Diana Moncada, daughter of the prince of Paternò Luigi Guglielmo Moncada and wife of Vincenzo Luna.
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