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Located on an Italian hilltop, this surreal fortress was built by the inventor of electrohomeopathy.
Even from the outside, the imposing Rocchetta Mattei looks like a patchwork of architectural styles, and its interior is even more eclectic. Count Cesare Mattei, its eccentric creator and self-taught doctor who believed in "electrohomeopathy," a medical practice alleged to be able to cure cancer, built it at the scenic hilltop in the Northern Apennines where a fortress had already been standing since 1200 CE. With fervor akin to that of a child, he contrived the stately castle to serve as homebase for his radical ideas on curing illnesses using “life energy” from plants.
