Spoleto’s Rocca Albornoziana: Papal Stronghold
Like squatting stern guards, massive medieval fortresses dominate many an Umbrian hilltown, including Narni …. …and Assisi: Spoleto as well. Each rocca (fortress) was meant to be an evident sign of Papal sovereignty for all were commissioned in the mid-14th-century by Spanish cardinal and trusted Papal legate, Gil Alvarez Albornoz, as points of Papal dominion in…