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The castle was built as a defensive fortification and as a noble residence for de Rossi's mistress, Bianca Pellegrini d'Arluno. [1] Bianca died in Torrechiara around the year 1480. Pier Maria retired to Torrechiara in 1482, where he died later that year. They were both buried in the castle, in the Oratory of San Nicomede in the north-east tower ...
Castello Estense, Ferrara Rocca Malatestiana, Cesena Castello dei Pio, Carpi The Castello di Montecuccolo, Pavullo nel Frignano Vignola Castle, Vignola Torrechiara Castle, Langhirano Brisighella Castle, Brisighella Castello di Montefiore Conca, Montefiore Conca Fortress of San Leo, San Leo Province of Bologna. Castello di Galeazza, Crevalcore [2]
Churches in the province of Parma (2 C, 19 P) P. Buildings and structures in Parma (8 C, 21 P) ... Torrechiara Castle; V. Villa Paveri-Fontana, Collecchio
The Abbey of St Mary of the Snows (Badia di Santa Maria della Neve) is a Benedictine Monastery and church, located in a rural spot on Via Badia #28 in the frazione of Torrechiara and its castle, in the town limits of Langhirano, Province of Parma, Italy. The monastery is affiliated with the monastery of San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma.
Langhirano borders the following municipalities: Calestano, Corniglio, Felino, Lesignano de' Bagni, Neviano degli Arduini, Parma, Tizzano Val Parma. Its most striking feature are the castle of Torrechiara and the Abbey of Santa Maria della Neve. The town is also known as a major production centre for the Prosciutto di Parma.
Quintavalle's parents Armando Ottaviano Quintavalle (1894-1967) and Augusta Ghidiglia (1904-1988) were both art historians. During the World War II, his father saved about 9,000 artifacts, sculptures and paintings that formed the collection of the Galleria d'arte di Parma by hiding them in the Castle of Torrechiara.
Although the village of Felino had been founded before 948, the year in which King Lothair II of Italy granted Count Manfredo di Ugo [] of Parma the rights over the Curtis Filinum and fifteen others in the territory, [N 1] the first certain news of the existence of a castrum in Felino date back to 1140, when Abbess Agnese of St. Alexander of Parma succeeded in having Pope Innocent II recognize ...
Duke Ranuccio I The Pilotta Palace seen from the Parma river in the 19th century The courtyard of the Pilotta palace The Teatro Farnese The Pilotta Palace seen from the Parma river in 2018 In the start of the 17th century, duke Ranuccio I Farnese (1569–1622) decided to reconstruct the set of houses in a new ducal palace. [ 3 ]