architecture

Este Castle

Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Castello Estense [Italian]
Castello di San Michele [Italian]

Architecture

full/alternative names
St. Michael's Castle
built
culture
Italian
style/period
Medieval
work type by function
castle, ducal palace
architect
Bartolino of Novara, Girolamo da Carpi
patronage
Nicholas II of Este

Specifications

height
48.0 m

Geography

Europe » Southern Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna » Province of Ferrara » Ferrara
local language location name
location:
Ferrara [Italian]
Fràra [Emiliano-Romagnolo]
country:
Italia [Italian]
historical affiliations
Ferrara (city-state)
1385-1471
Holy Roman Empire
1385-1471
Duchy of Ferrara
1471-1597
Papal States
1597-1796
Napoleonic Italy
1796-1814
Papal States
1814-1859

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
type
cultural
criteria
II, III, IV, V, VI
designation
extension
reference
733bis