Rocca di Albornoz Urbino locals often simply called La Fortezza. The imposing building with fortified walls, looking at the city from the top of the hill of Pian del Monte, was built in the second half of the 14th century under the leadership of Cardinal Anglic Grimoarda for better control of the country. In the same century it strengthened the other Cardinal - Egidio Alvarez de Albornoz, a fortress whose name is to this day. It is this papal legate was responsible for the conversion of most of the territories of the Marche, is run by the Papal suzerainty.

Cardinal Albornoz decided that the old fortress built during the reign of the dukes of Montefeltro, not meet the requirements of time and its aims, and therefore engaged in a major refurbishment of its .  However, in 1375, the year during the siege of Urbino, headed by Antonio da Montefeltro, who took advantage of popular unrest and re-took the city, the building was significantly damaged fortress .  In the following centuries La Fortezza has repeatedly been attacked, was partially destroyed and rebuilt .  All these events have changed the structure of the original fortress, and today it is a square building with steep walls, semi-circular towers and ramparts .  At the beginning of the 16th century La Fortezza was the northernmost outpost of new defensive walls of Urbino, to which it was attached by the architect Giovanni Battista Komandin .  And in 1799, the year when the French troops occupied the fort was held another of its reconstruction . 

In 2010, the year the walls of La Fortezza was opened Museum of Weapons of the 15th century. Tourists are attracted here not only the ruins of ancient fortifications and the museum, but also breathtaking views from the hill, and extensive gardens landscaped around the fortress.