Castello Piccolomini (Capestrano)

Castello Piccolomini
Capestrano

Castello Piccolomini in Capestrano
Castello Piccolomini
Coordinates 42°16′05″N 13°46′10″E / 42.268001°N 13.769348°E / 42.268001; 13.769348
Type Castle
Site history
Built 1485

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 structure, 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

  1. ↑ "Castello Piccolomini di Capestrano" (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. 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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