The castle of Pofi originally included all the historical town centre but is now visible only in part as it is integrated into new buildings.
For a long time, it was the official residence of the Colonna family. One can distinguish the old courtyard, some buildings and the great tower in Romanesque style with a clock.
The tower was erected on an existing chapel in 1300s during a first great transformation of the castle by Filippo Colonna. Maybe the tower was a guard post and the valley lookout.
The castle was made of dark basalt stone and included some furnaces, the mill and two towers, called Torre Maestra and Old Tower, in which there were tanks.
In the pentagonal bastion was the town hall and the Bastion housed the prisons.
In 1827 the remains of the castle were bought by the city to house the municipal offices.
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