Adrano

Adranò Castle was built by the Norman Count Ruggiero [Roger] I in 1070 in this important town in Eastern Sicily at the foot of Mount Ætna. The town was called Adranon by its founder Dionysius the Elder in 400 BCE, was an important military crossroads captured by the Romans and renamed Hadranum in the First Punic War, flourished as Adornu under the Arabs, and has been an important commercial center for olives and citrus fruit as Adernò until it got it's current name in 1929. The imposing keep with four sloping curtain towers was later occupied by the powerful Scalfani, Moncada and Peralta families and various alterations were made in the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. The donjon barely survived the severe earthquake of 1693, and was very lucky to have not been seriously damaged in the fierce fighting in the town in World War II. It houses the famous Chapel of Contessa Adelasia, and is now a regional archeological museum.


Excellent views of the	imposing tower and	neighboring relics.


Second Floor Plan	A "squatty" drawing of Adranò	Another drawing

Photos of the Lego Model Under Construction in late April 2003

An unusual rectangular castle...	...with unique corner towers.	Construction of the actual keep begins.	More to come...

Photos of the Lego Model April 2003

Note the windows lighting the stair up from the keep's door.	Windowns of many sizes and shapes.	The back of the castle.

This ground level view shows both entrance and postern.	The entrance stair was easy to guard.	My first attempt at embrasures protecting the crenels.

Build Your Own Lego Castle

Top Down Lego Plan


Front elevation with gate and steps to curtain.	Elevation with door into donjon and a postern.	Back side of the tower and curtain wall.	End elevation with another exit!?