The Aragonese Castle is a fortification built on a rocky islet trachytic place on the eastern island of Ischia, connected by a bridge 220 m long wall of the ancient Borgo Celsa , now known as Ischia Ponte. / 40.73111, 13.96528 The islet on which it was built the castle comes from Sinatti eruption occurred over 300,000 years ago. It reaches a height of 113 meters above sea level and covers an area of \u200b\u200babout 56,000 m 2 . Geologically it is a bubble of magma that has been consolidating during eruptions and dome of stagnation is defined . The palace is entered through a tunnel carved into the rock and wanted to mid-fifteenth century by Alfonso d 'Aragon. Before then, access was possible only by boat through a staircase located on the north side of the islet. The tunnel is 400 meters long and the path is illuminated by skylights that high at the time also acted as "lead missile" through which you dropped hot oil, stones and other materials on any enemies. The next section is a track that is winds up outside and leads to the summit of the island. From this road branching paths that lead children to the various buildings and gardens. Since the seventies of the twentieth century is also running an elevator, whose path is carved into the rock and reaches 60 meters above sea level.
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