Castello Aragonese

This enormous rock, celebrated by Ariosto and once home to Vittoria Colonna, represents, for its extraordinary beauty, the symbol of the island of Ischia.

Most of the events, battles, and courtly life of Ischia took place here. Just one glance at the Aragonese Castle is enough to feel transported back in time to a fantastic medieval era or a Renaissance gathering, periods that have left more than one trace here.

Shrouded in the mystery of time, you will find cathedrals and churches from the sixteenth century, frescoed catacombs, arches and vaults, walls from every era, and Bourbon prisons. The silence of the Castle speaks; it is words in the form of architecture, like a gigantic stone book to be leisurely leafed through.

This enormous rock, celebrated by Ariosto and once home to Vittoria Colonna, represents, for its extraordinary beauty, the symbol of the island of Ischia.

Open daily from 9:00 AM until sunset.