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Fort Caesar is now a private complex in need of renovation, and the mighty bulk of the medieval tower stands as a silent guard of what was Via Amerina and the Bizzantino Corridor.
Although today’s architecture reveals the eighteenth-century mold desired by the Atti family in the transition from military structure to villa, the oldest part of Fort Caesar dates back to the sixth-seventh century although it cannot be ruled out that a watchtower from Roman times already existed on the site.
Fort Caesar is now a private complex in need of renovation, and the mighty bulk of the medieval tower stands as a silent guard of what was Via Amerina and the Bizzantino Corridor.
Although today’s architecture reveals the eighteenth-century mold desired by the Atti family in the transition from military structure to villa, the oldest part of Fort Caesar dates back to the sixth-seventh century although it cannot be ruled out that a watchtower from Roman times already existed on the site.
In the beginning th Fort performed the function of defense and sighting on the territory of Via Amerina that crossed the Terre Arnolfe. At the beginning of the 16th century the complex was “the jurisdiction of the house Stefanucci, from whom Monsignor degli Atti of Viterbo, a native of the Atti of Todi, made its purchase.”
The Atti family appears from the inscription on the lintel of one room: “DE APTIS MDC.” It was at that time that the complex became a palace. It was in 1730 that a Church of the Most Holy Crucifix was erected by Count Felice degli Atti.
Through a series of changes of ownership, Fort Caesar became an agricultural center of reference for nearby villages and then was gradually abandoned.
Now privately owned, it is in a severe state of disrepair.
In the beginning th Fort performed the function of defense and sighting on the territory of Via Amerina that crossed the Terre Arnolfe. At the beginning of the 16th century the complex was “the jurisdiction of the house Stefanucci, from whom Monsignor degli Atti of Viterbo, a native of the Atti of Todi, made its purchase.”
The Atti family appears from the inscription on the lintel of one room: “DE APTIS MDC.” It was at that time that the complex became a palace. It was in 1730 that a Church of the Most Holy Crucifix was erected by Count Felice degli Atti.
Through a series of changes of ownership, Fort Caesar became an agricultural center of reference for nearby villages and then was gradually abandoned.
Now privately owned, it is in a severe state of disrepair.
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