The present form of Sforza Castle was commissioned in 1450 by the Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza, on the site of a previous fortification built between 1358 and 1370 but destroyed during the ...

Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan, ordered a new castle to be rebuilt on the ruins in 1450. After he died, his son, Ludovico—also known as il Moro, or “the Moor,” because of his dark ...

A series of underground passages were found under Sforza Castle, a medieval fortress built in the 15th century by the Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza. Experts at Polytechnic University of Milan ...