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Castello Ursino

thirteenth century castle built on the will of King Federico II, Catania, Italy
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Summary

Castello Ursino is a Category:Hohenstaufen castles in Southern Italy[1]. It draws 1,093 Wikipedia views per month (category hohenstaufen castles in southern italy category, ranking #4 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Catania[3]
  • Country: Italy[4]
  • Instance of: castle[5]
  • Architect: Riccardo da Lentini[6]
  • Commissioned by: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor[7]
  • Architectural style: Gothic art[8]
  • Postal code: 95121[9]
  • Commons category: Castello Ursino (Catania)[10]
  • Has part(s): Civic Museum of Catania[11]
  • Inception: 1239[12]
  • Commons gallery: Castello Ursino (Catania)[13]
  • Heritage designation: Italian national heritage[14]
  • Commons Institution page: Castello Ursino[15]
  • Native label: Castello Ursino[16]
  • Street address: Piazza Federico di Svevia[17]
  • Category for the exterior of the item: Q141283763[18]

Why It Matters

Castello Ursino has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Italy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . catalogo.beniculturali.it. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . catalogo.beniculturali.it. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . catalogo.beniculturali.it. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Atlante castellano d'Italia. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2h ago · Niketto sr. · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons institution page → Castello Ursino
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Commons institution page: Castello Ursino, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791880739859"
  2. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'nl', 'pms', 'ru', '
    Gnd id → 1189252864
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 5w ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1239-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Located in → —
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → Category:Hohenstaufen castles in Southern Italy, castle
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for the exterior of the item: Q141283763, Setting P8596 value"
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