10 Castelli Medievali Italiani Ancora Abitati

In Italy, there are medieval castles where people still live today. Not museums, not ruins: homes. Families who wake up every morning in fortresses built eight or nine hundred years ago, and who every evening turn off the light in a room where sieges and crimes were once plotted. In this video, we take you inside ten of these castles and tell you what it's really like to live there in 2026. Because behind the postcard are the costs, the constraints of the Superintendency, the daily sacrifices. And, almost always, there's also a ghost. You'll meet the Ricasolis, who have lived in Brolio Castle since 1141, almost nine hundred years in the same house. Donna Claudia Ruspoli, who opens her castle to visitors and admits that it's not enough to cover maintenance costs. Count Orazio Zanardi Landi di Rivalta, who speaks openly of "exorbitant" costs and a state that doesn't help. The Gibelli family, who bought a castle in 1994 and had to learn to live with its presence. And Fumone Castle, where the embalmed body of the young marquis, poisoned by his own sisters, still rests in a room. Ten castles, ten families, ten stories of those who chose not to sell and not to give up. 🔔 Subscribe to the channel and activate the bell so you don't miss upcoming trips to unexpected Italy. #castles #italy #history #middleages #thebeautifulcountry #italiancastles #curiosities #documentary