The San Leo Castle photo copyrighted by: Brian McMorrow The fortress of San Leo is undoubtly the most well-known in the Dukedom; It enjoys a great fame as a military bulwark, unconquerable less for its fortifications than for its extraordinary geographical position. Nevertheless, this fortress too, necessitated remarkable restoration works during the course of the centuries, both because of the continuous landslides and the ambition to keep it always perfectly efficient. It was known as the "eternal object of contention" between the families of Malatesta and Montefeltro in the arshest land of their borders.
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