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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 ...
Pier Maria resisted gallantly but, after the Milanese started to storm all his other fortresses, surrendered and retired to the castle of Torrechiara, which he had built for his long-time great love, Bianca Pellegrini. He died there in 1482.
Castles. Abbiategrasso Castle , Abbiategrasso. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family. Badile Castle . Built in the 15th century. Binasco Castle, Binasco. Built in the 13th–14th century by the Visconti family. Buccinasco Castle , Buccinasco. Built in the 14th century by the Visconti family. Carpiano Castle , Carpiano. Built in the ...
Details of Bembo's life are scarce. He was likely born in Brescia, the son of one Giovanni from Cremona and the brother of painter Bonifacio Bembo.. His first known work is the Torrechiara Polyptich, of 1462, once housed in the San Nicodemo Chapel of the Castle of Torrechiara and later moved in the Art Gallery of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan.
Torrechiara, province of Parma, the movie's castle The castle of Rocca Calascio in Abruzzo, where the priest Imperius hosts the protagonists to heal them. Richard Donner had attempted to get the film financed for a number of years and came close to making it twice, once in England and once in Czechoslovakia.
Castel del Monte (Italian for "Castle of the Mountain"; Barese: Castìdde du Monte) is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by King Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. In the 18th century, the castle's ...
In the 14th century, after the exchange of the ruling families from the Della Torre to the Visconti, the Lord of Milan Giovanni Visconti (1339-1354) paid again attention to Novara and had the castle built. The castle was strengthened by his successors Galeazzo II (1354-1378) and Gian Galeazzo (1378-1402). Works and repairs were done over the ...
The castle stands on the probable location of a Roman fortress outside the Roman city. Lord Cangrande II della Scala had it built along with its bridge across the Adige River as a deterrent to his powerful neighbors such as Venice, the Gonzaga and the Sforza families. [2] Construction was carried out between 1354 and 1376 (Cangrande died in 1359).