Richard And Jo Demeester's photos with the keyword: Castel del Monte

Looking up from the inner courtyard. We had stopped at Castel del Monte in earlier in the year, but as it was high season and we had not pre-booked tickets, we were unable to go in. This time, we were driving south, in the vicinity, and we made our bookings online to ensure we would get to see inside.

Castel del Monte is a 13th century castle, built by Emperor Frederick II. A beautiful octagonal structure, perfect for period settings, because of its magnificent proportions and its remoteness from all things modern. Other than the ticketing system - you can't even go on line, you can only reserve using an App - in Italian. I wonder what Frederick might have thought about groups of confused visitors crowded around tiny screens trying to work out how-the-hell they might be able to get inside!