Ischia di Castro


Ischia di Castro is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about northwest of Viterbo.
Ischia di Castro borders the following municipalities: Canino, Cellere, Farnese, Manciano, Pitigliano, Valentano.
It takes its name from the nearby Castro, a town destroyed by Papal forces in the 17th century. The town is home to the Ducal Palace, or Rocca, to whose project collaborated Antonio [da Sangallo the Younger]. It was once a palace of the Farnese family.