Castello Piccolomini (Capestrano) Explained
Castello Piccolomini (Italian for Piccolomini castle) is a castle in Capestrano, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo).[1]
History
The castle was built replacing a Medieval fort, of which remains the central tower. Several families, like Acquaviva, Piccolomini, and Medici, modified the building up to the current structure, completed in 1485.
Now the castle is used as city hall and it was deeply restructured in 1924.[2]
Architecture
The castle is made of two L-shaped structures, of which the larger one, facing south-west, contains the main entrance from the town central square. The internal courtyard, with a well in the middle, has the old medieval tower facing north-east.[3]
External links
- Web site: it . Cenni storici . Comune di Capestrano . December 27, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815005943/http://www.comunedicapestrano.it/news/opuscolo.pdf . August 15, 2014 .
Notes and References
- Web site: it . Castello Piccolomini di Capestrano . Regione Abruzzo . December 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228181528/http://www.regione.abruzzo.it/xcultura/index.asp?modello=castelloaq&servizio=xList&stileDiv=monoLeft&template=intIndex&b=menuCast2148&tom=148# . 2014-12-28 . dead .
- Book: Latini, Marialuce . it . Guida ai Castelli d'Abruzzo . 2000 . Carsa Edizioni . Pescara . 88-85854-87-7 . 76 . Capestrano (AQ), il castello.
- Book: Mancini, Renzo . it . Viaggiare negli Abruzzi: una terra da scoprire attraverso le sue vie storiche, ambiente, archeologia, arte, monumenti . 2003 . L'Aquila . Textus . 978-88-87132-31-1 . 70.
