Le Castella at Capo Rizzuto, Italy
Le Castella at Capo Rizzuto, Italy (© mRGB/Shutterstock)
Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
Ahoy matey! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day so we present to you a fortress that was really used to defend against pirates. Arrr! This is Le Castella, a magnificent fortification on the Calabrian coast of Italy. For centuries it served as a defense against warring nations and rampaging pirates from the Ottoman Empire.
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