The construction of the circle of walls (about 1700-1800 meters) that surround the hill Pausolino in a harmonious unity and the plain below began on 1 March 1372, during the age of Cansignorio della Scala (1359-1375).
The walls, all crenellated and provided with patrol walkways, are interspersed with 24 turrets, on three of which the three robust doors have been obtained: Vicentina, Bassanese and Breganzina, looking respectively south, east and west and are all equipped with a barbican called "rivellino".
Another gate, Tramontana, located to the north has been created along the last eastern part of the walls and gives access to the road that leads to the actual entrance of the Upper Castle. A moat and drawbridges at the gates further strengthened the defensive structure of Marostica, a Scaliger outpost bordering with Bassano, which was then part of the Carraresi, lords of Padua. As Marin Sanudo testimonies (Venetian author of the fifteenth century) the raising of the walls involved a work of three years and was completed in 1375.
PATROL WALKWAY
Since 2014 the east side of the patrol walkway on the walls of Marostica has been open and accesible: with a height that varies between 8 and 12 meters and a width of 70 cm, it is the most suggestive medieval staircase in the territory.
The route begins at the Tower of the Company of the Walls (the second east of the hill), where you can buy tickets and you are harnessed by qualified personnel. then you can embark independently on the scenic walk on the path. The thick sorrounding vegetation, combined with a height of all respect, allow you to admire a breathtaking view and live a unique experience in contact with the history and nature of Marostica!
