7Castello di Petroia, Umbria, Perugia

Unlike other castles where rooms are built-in surrounding buildings and villas, all 13 rooms at Castello di Petrolia—an 800-acre hilltop estate

…famous for being the birthplace of a Duke of Urbino—are found in the original 11th-century stronghold, which is still protected by a surrounding wall.

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