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Medici Fortress

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56048, Volterra, ItalyMap
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  • Tom_Blancmange
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    Visit the tower!

    Yes most of the fortress is the local prison, but contrary to the other reviews you can visit the Maschio Tower which features in some of the photos from earlier reviews. It’s not open all the time th...

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    Reviewed on Aug 25, 2022
  • Ogi0
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    Prison

    It may have been a fortress some time ago, but now it is a prison. You can't go inside, but outside it's a pretty impressive building.

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    Reviewed on Aug 21, 2021
  • Roland B
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    prison without visit

    the Medici Fortress today houses a prison and is fenced off for visits. so except the big walls from the outside, there is nothing to see.

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    Reviewed on Jun 23, 2021
  • AlbertSalichs
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    Nice castle

    Medici Fortress is a castle located in Volterra, a medieval city in Tuscany Region, in the center of Italy. It is a beautiful fortress, which you can see from Parco Archeologico Enrico Fiumi. We did n...

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    Reviewed on May 12, 2020
  • Luis P
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    Outside

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    The hotel is a very nice place to see outside because it is still a part of a prison.

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    Reviewed on Oct 2, 2022
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