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The Aragonese Castle has been the setting of Horace Walpole's book, The Castle of Otranto, which is generally held to be the first gothic novel. Reinforced by Emperor Frederick II and rebuilt by Alphonso II of Naples in 1485-1498, has an irregular plan with five sides, with three cylindrical towers and a bastion called Punta di Diamante ("Diamond's Head"). The entrance sports the coat of arms of Emperor Charles V.

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The Aragonese Castle has been the setting of Horace Walpole's book, The Castle of Otranto, which is generally held to be the first gothic novel. Reinforced by Emperor Frederick II and rebuilt by Alphonso II of Naples in 1485-1498, has an irregular plan with five sides, with three cylindrical towers and a bastion called Punta di Diamante ("Diamond's Head"). The entrance sports the coat of arms of Emperor Charles V.