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| Menardo Castle | |
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Castel Menardo | |
| Serramonacesca | |
 Castle in Serramonacesca | |
  Menardo Castle | |
| Type | Castle |
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| Built | 12th century |
Castel Menardo (Italian for Menardo Castle) is a medieval castle in Serramonacesca, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo, southern Italy. [1]
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