The Tra­mon­tano Cas­tle is sit­u­at­ed on a hill near the town cen­ter of Mat­era Italy. The hill, called Lapil­lo Hill, over­looks the his­toric city of Mat­era. The 15th-cen­­tu­ry cas­tle was left unfin­ished after the unpop­u­lar Count Tra­mon­tano was killed by Mat­er­a’s towns­men.