Frangipane Castle

There were three castles: the Old Castle or San Lorenzo Castle, with the eponymous church destroyed after 1300; the Upper Castle, in Spizzot village, on the hill south of the Coia cemetery, inhabited by the Castello Frangipane family since their investiture (1279); and the Lower Castle (Frangipane), built in 1311, later destroyed by the 1511 earthquake, of which only the remains of a tower are preserved.
The Upper Castle was built on the foundations of a pre-existing late antique early medieval lookout: The earliest document related to the manor dates back to 1126 and mentions the feudal lord Rodolfo di Tarcento.
The Frangipane Castle (or Lower Castle) was built in 1341 and was feudalized by Gio. Francesco di Castello (formerly Frangipane). Between 1351 and 1352, Gio. Francesco di Castello was accused of murdering Patriarch Bertrando and sentenced to death. In 1384, Doimo di Castello dismantled and burnt the Upper Castle to prevent it from falling into the hands of patriarchal troops.
In 1412, Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg took the property from the di Castello family but shortly afterwards returned it upon payment of a ransom. The castle included a tower on the northeast side, two smaller towers and the residential domus, all enclosed by a defensive wall. Today part of the quadrangular keep tower is preserved: two walls on four floors are well marked by the remains of the ribbed vault connections. On the façades the openings and some crenellations can be distinguished.