Mello is a ''
comune
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'' (city) in the
Italian
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province of Sondrio
The Province of Sondrio ( it, provincia di Sondrio) is in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its provincial capital is the city of Sondrio. As of 2017, it has a population of 181,403.
History
The Province was established in 1815, withi ...
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Attractions
Castle of the Queen
One of the attractions in Mello is the ruin of an early medieval
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
called ''Castello della Regina'' (or ''Domòfole Castle'') from around 1000 A.D., next to which are ruins of the chapel of Santa Maria Maddalena which was built toward the end of the 16th century.
References
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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