Tourist attraction
Dozza
Hilltop fortress with a legendary blade-lined well beneath its keep, rebuilt by a fifteenth-century warrior countess.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Rocca di Dozza's keep, in Dozza near Bologna, centers on the pozzo dei rasoi, a well lined with blades, and the legend that Countess Caterina Sforza had enemies dropped down it after praying for their souls in the chapel next door. It traces her rebuilding of the fortress at the end of the fourteen hundreds with architect Giorgio Marchesi, and the fierce, larger-than-life reputation she earned surviving poisonings, sieges and her own husband's murder. Run your hand along the shaft's edge and picture the story before you look for what actually backs it up.
This audio guide was created using AI.