Castello Piccolomini (Capestrano)

Castello Piccolomini (Italian for Piccolomini castle) is a castle in Capestrano, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo).[1]

Castello Piccolomini
Capestrano
Castello Piccolomini in Capestrano
Castello Piccolomini is located in Italy
Castello Piccolomini
Castello Piccolomini
Coordinates42°16′05″N 13°46′10″E / 42.268001°N 13.769348°E / 42.268001; 13.769348
TypeCastle
Site history
Built1485

History

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Castello Piccolomini di Capestrano" (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  2. ^ *Latini, Marialuce (2000). "Capestrano (AQ), il castello". Guida ai Castelli d'Abruzzo (in Italian). Pescara: Carsa Edizioni. p. 76. ISBN 88-85854-87-7.
  3. ^ Mancini, Renzo (2003). Viaggiare negli Abruzzi: una terra da scoprire attraverso le sue vie storiche, ambiente, archeologia, arte, monumenti (in Italian). L'Aquila: Textus. p. 70. ISBN 978-88-87132-31-1.
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  • "Cenni storici" (PDF) (in Italian). Comune di Capestrano. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 15, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.