Castello Orsini-Odescalchi

Castello Orsini-Odescalchi is a castle in Bracciano, within the Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It is positioned at the southern shore of Lake Bracciano. It was built within the 15^th century, and combines the features of an army defence structure and a civilian residence of the feudal lords of the length, the Orsini and Borgia, each papal households. As one among the largest and first-rate-maintained castles in Italy, it additionally houses a museum; as a centre of cultural occasions, the Castello has hosted several excessive-profile weddings like the ones of Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes, Eros Ramazzotti/ Michelle Hunziker, and Petra Ecclestone/James Stunt .

The fort's earliest records is inferred to be connected to one of the severa towers built within the 10th century as a defence against the Saracen attacks, as implied by using the ancient name of Castrum Brachiani. In the 11th century the neighbouring territory changed into received by means of the Prefetti di Vico own family, who turned the tower into a castle. Ferdinand Gregorovius dated the ownership of Bracciano by using the Orsini to 1234. From 1375 it become a Papal possession.