1 Eurocent Castle Traditional Cache

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Zeddicus_Zorander: [english text follows]
Ciao collega geocacher,

Dopo oltre un mese dalla mia nota, non ho ricevuto alcuna risposta nè visto alcuna modifica.
Se non lo hai ancora fatto, per favore raccogli ogni eventuale resto della cache al più presto possibile. Se hai intenzione di intervenire sul cache, una volta completata l'operazione per favore lasciatemi un messaggio con il numero waypoint GC relativo alla cache. Sarò più che lieto di verificare nuovamente la cache per verificare la sua conformità con le linee guida.

Grazie per l'attenzione e per ogni ulteriore informazione ti prego di non esitare a contattarmi o attraverso il message center oppure inserendo un log in questo cache.
Ti ricordo di non fare 'Reply' a quest'email perchè non la riceverei.

Hi fellow geocacher,

After more than one month from my last note I didn't receive any answer and no action has been done.
If you haven't done so already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible. If you are going to fix the problems connected to this cache, once it is ready please drop me a note and let me know the GC waypoint number of the cache. I will be more than happy to take a look at your cache again to see if it is still is within the guidelines of the Geocaching.com website for cache placement and posting.

Thanks for your understanding and for any further information please do not hesitate to contact me or through the message center or by inserting a log in this cache.
I recall you not to 'Reply' to this email since I would never receive it.

Regards,
Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander | geocaching-italia.com
Groundspeak Volunteer Reviewer

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Hidden : 5/16/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

From the small restaurant walk upwards towards... and start searching. The cache is a small plastic container. The original content is: logbook, pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser, toy camel, plastic watch, 7 Italian Eurocent coins. Be aware of possible presence of "muggles" around. Nevertheless moments of calmness and peacefulness are not rare, especially during the week and on late afternoon/evening.

Castel del Monte (Italian: Castle of the Mount) is a 13th century castle situated in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Castel del Monte is situated on a small hill at an altitude of 540 m, in the comune of Andria. It was built by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II some time between 1240 and 1250; it has been despoiled of its interior marbles and furnishings in subsequent centuries. It has neither a moat nor a drawbridge and might in fact never have been intended as a defensive fortress. It was completed in 1240 and was used primarily as a hunting lodge by Frederick until his death in 1250. It was later turned into a prison, used as a refuge during a plague, and finally fell into disrepair. The fortress is an octagonal prism with an octagonal bastion at each corner. Each floor has 8 rooms and an eight-sided courtyard occupies its centre. Frederick II may have been inspired to build to octagone shape by either the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which he had seen while on Crusade, or by the Palace Chapel of Aachen Cathedral. After having been abandoned for a considerable length of time, the castle was purchased in 1876 for the sum of 25,000 lire by the Italian government, which began the process of restoration in 1928. Central to the plot of Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose is an old fortress known as the 'Aedificium'. This was almost certainly inspired by Castel del Monte.
Castel del Monte was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, who described it as "a unique masterpiece of medieval military architecture, reflecting the humanism of its founder, Frederick II of Hohenstaufena unique masterpiece of medieval military architecture ...considering that the site is of outstanding universal value in its formal perfection and its harmonious blending of cultural elements from northern Europe, the Muslim world, and classical antiquity."
Castel del Monte is depicted on the reverse of the Italian-issue 1 Euro cent coin.

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