The medieval castle was not only a defensive building, but also the place where the lord and his family lived (fig. 1).

Fig. 1 - Virtual reconstruction of the castle of Posada (Visual Unicity).

It was often an uncomfortable, cold and quite dark place, with small openings covered by a parchment called “cloth panel” (glass will be only be used at the end of the thirteenth century). Furniture was concentrated in the most important room and it consisted mostly of benches, chairs and tables, while on the walls there were tapestries and furs against the cold and humidity (fig. 2).

Fig. 2 - Reconstruction of the interior of the tower of the Castello della Fava in Posada (Visual Unicity).

The most important room was the large common room, where everyone gathered for meals and where everyday life took place. Tables were usually arranged in a "U" along the walls of the hall, in order to leave a space at the centre where jugglers and troubadours entertained the guests (fig. 3).

Fig. 3 - Reconstruction of the interior of the tower of the Castello della Fava in Posada (Visual Unicity).

There were also the private rooms of the lord, the kitchen, sometimes a chapel, storage rooms for supplies, the armoury, the blacksmith's workshop, stables and fences for the various domestic animals and tanks for collecting rainwater or wells, which ensured the supply of water in case of siege (fig. 4).

Fig. 4 - Reconstruction of a courtyard building and of one of the tanks in the Castello della Fava in Posada (Visual Unicity).