Sleep in a Castle Overnight

When I placed this one on my list I didn't really understand what a castle even is. Here's the definition:

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 residence of a lord or noble.

Presenting Castella Izzalini, from which we explored the whole of Umbria.  

According to Medievalists.net: 

Izzalini was fortified during the Middle Ages by Ezzelino III Da Romano (1194 – 1259) a feudal lord in Treviso, who ruled Verona, Vicenza and Padua for almost two decades. He became infamous as a cruel tyrant though much of his sinister reputation may be due to the propaganda of his many enemies. Much of what we know about Ezzelino comes from a literary tradition that was embroidered over the course of centuries. Despite the brevity of his reign, Ezzelino’s reputed cruelty became symbolic of tyranny. Poets and chroniclers living in recent memory of his tactics used his name to evoke the sense of arbitrary power and the moral transgressions it enabled. Fourteenth century authors raised the level of accusation, insisting that Ezzelino’s parentage was demonic.

In Dante Aligheri’s Divine Comedy, his soul is consigned to Hell, where Dante encounters him in the Seventh Circle, First Ring: the Violent against their Neighbors (Inferno, XII, 109).

In the crooks and crannies behind the castle we found evidence of an ancient church, complete with frescoes--and also, the evidence of an entire small village which the castle would have protected--I am talking cobblestone pathways, turrets, tunnels, and mysterious doorways. The village is attached to the castle itself, and housed around 30 families. 

Luckily, if Mr. Ezzelino was somehow demonic, we didn't encounter him. No ghosts at Castella Izzalini, unless you count the rather friendly calico cat that followed us around -- his name is also Izzalini.