Places to see in ( Mantova - Italy ) Castello San Giorgio
Places to see in ( Mantova - Italy ) Castello San Giorgio
The castle of San Giorgio is one of the most representative monuments of the city of Mantua and is part of the Reggia dei Gonzaga. Built on the ruins of the church of Santa Maria di Capo di Bove from 1395 and completed in 1406 on commission of Francesco I Gonzaga and designed by Bartolino da Novara , the castle of San Giorgio is a square-shaped building consisting of four corner towers and surrounded by a moat with three doors and relative drawbridges , aimed at defending the city.
The architect Luca Fancelli , in 1459 on the recommendation of the Marquis Ludovico III Gonzaga , who freed the rooms of the Corte Vecchia for the Council promoted by Pius II , restructured the castle that definitively lost its primitive military and defensive function. For many years the manor house was the residence of Isabella d'Este , wife of Francesco II Gonzaga , one of the most famous noblewomen of the Renaissance . Isabella wanted at the court numerous artists and humanists of the time, such as Andrea Mantegna , Perugino , Leonardo da Vinci , Ludovico Ariosto andBaldassarre Castiglione , making Mantua one of the major European courts and artistic and literary center. In the prisons of the castle the condottiere Paolo Vitelli was closed again in 1496 , taken prisoner by Francesco II Gonzaga. The castle, along with other adjacent buildings, remains the prince's residence for about a century, until the time when Guglielmo Gonzaga will move his apartments into the restored Old Court.
In 1810 the Tyrolean patriot Andreas Hofer was imprisoned in the prisons of the manor before being executed. Starting from 1815 with the Austrian occupation of the city, the castle became the maximum security prison in which the opponents were closed. From 1852 in the castle were enclosed the Martyrs of Belfiore and some patriots attached to them ( Ciro Menotti , Teresa Arrivabene ). The earthquake of Emilia in 2012 caused structural damage to the building.
The rooms of the castle :
Sala dei Soli , located on the ground floor and embellished with frescoes of the fifteenth century , was transformed by Giulio Romano in 1531 and then by Giovan Battista Bertani
Sala degli Stemmi , which is accessed by a spiral staircase
Salone degli Affreschi , parallel to the Sala degli Stemmi
Sala delle Sigle , Isabella d'Este's wedding room
Saletta della Grotta , part of the Isabella d'Este apartment in the castle
Sala delle Armi , in which Giulio Romano painted 12 heraldic crests
Chapel of the castle , built by Bertani in 1563
Middle Room
Hall of the Frieze
Sala delle Cappe , with a barrel vault
Sala dello Zodiaco , with traces of paintings by Giulio Romano , where Pietro Frattini , one of the Martyrs of Belfiore and Ciro Menotti , was held prisoner
Camera degli Sposi .
The Camera Picta (Camera degli Sposi), a wonderful room on the main floor of the north-eastern tower of the castle of San Giorgio, is the work of Andrea Mantegna . The Mantegna has made it over a period of nine years, from 1465 (date engraved on the wall) to 1475 (date engraved on the commemorative plaque at the entrance of the hall), and readjusted the narrow space of the cubic room with vaults on lunettes in a succession of reality and fiction giving the environment an en plein air atmosphere (thus giving an idea of being in a false loggia). The space of each wall of the room was divided by the artist into three openingsthat transmit to the spectator, through wide arches, bucolic landscapes and curtains moved by the wind a strong antithesis with the reduced architectural environment. The frescoes have been made either dry (north wall, this technique allows a meticulous care of details) or fresh (south wall, the fresco obliges the painter to opt for a more synthetic taste). There are two painted scenes depicting members of the Gonzaga family , the Scene of the Encounter and the Scene of the Court . With them Mantegna pays tribute to the patrons that so many clients have procured for him. In the room, you can not stand more than 5-10 minutes because (using the technique of dry painting) the humidity and the exhaled air
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Ferrara Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
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Top Places to visit in Ferrara:
Centro Storico Ferrara, Monastero di Sant'Antonio in Polesine, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Le Mura di Ferrara, Museo di Casa Romei, Trepponti, Pomposa Abbey, Parco Delta Del Po, Castello Estense, Via delle Volte, Parco Massari, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Basilica Cattedrale di San Giorgio Martire, Museo della Cattedrale, La Manifattura dei Marinati
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Top 10 Best Things to do in Teramo, Italy
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Duomo Santa Maria Assunta e San Berardo
Giardino dei Tigli
Centro Storico di Teramo
Chiesa di Sant'Anna dei Pompetti
St. Antonio's Parish
Monica Castle
Parco fluviale del Tordino e del Vezzola
Roman Theatre
Piazza Della Liberta
Gran Sasso Gran Shopping
Vérone (Italie) : Itinéraire de visite touristique et culturelle par vue aérienne de la ville en 3D
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Détail de la visite par lieux :
- Corso Porta Nuova
- Museo Della Radio d'Epoca
- G.B. Cavalcaselle Fresco Museum
- Porta Vescovo, Verona
- Palazzo Pompei
- San Fermo Maggiore, Verona
- Porta Leoni
- Arènes de Vérone
- Gran Guardia
- Museo Lapidario Maffeiano
- Pont Scaliger
- Musée de Castelvecchio
- Arco dei Gavi
- Palazzo Canossa
- Basilica di San Lorenzo, Verona
- Porta Borsari
- Casa di Giulietta
- Piazza delle Erbe
- Palazzo della Ragione
- Tour des Lamberti
- Arco della Costa
- Domus Mercatorum
- Palazzo Maffei
- Gardello Tower
- Area archeologica di Corte Sgarzerie
- Piazza dei Signori
- Lodge of Consiglio
- Palazzo del Capitano
- Santa Maria Antica, Verona & Tombeaux des Scaligeri
- Romeo's House
- Museo Conte c/o Antica Tipografia Artistica Arche Scaligere
- Centro Turistico Giovanile
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna Achille Forti
- Amo Arena Museo Opera Palazzo Forti
- Église Sant'Anastasia de Vérone
- Palazzo Giusti
- Santa Maria in Organo, Verona
- Museo africano di Verona
- Théâtre romain
- Castel San Pietro
- Pont de pierre
- San Giorgio in Braida, Verona
- Cathédrale Santa Maria Matricolare de Vérone
- Santuario della Madonna di Lourdes
- Basilique San Zeno de Vérone
Places to see in ( Modica - Italy )
Places to see in ( Modica - Italy )
Modica is a city and comune of 54.456 inhabitants in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains. Modica has neolithic origins and it represents the historical capital of the area which today almost corresponds to the Province of Ragusa. Until the 19th century it was the capital of a County that exercised a so wide political, economical and cultural influence as it has been counted among the most powerful feuds of the Mezzogiorno.
Today Modica is well-known for its rich repertoire of culinary specialities, especially the typical chocolate inspired by an aztec recipe, and for its historical centre. Rebuilt following the devastating earthquake of 1693, its architecture has been recognised as providing outstanding testimony to the exuberant genius and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe and, along with other towns in the Val di Noto, is part of UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy.
According to Thucydides, the city was founded in 1360 BC or 1031 BC and was inhabited by the Sicels in the 7th century BC. It was probably a dependency of Syracuse. Modica was occupied by the Romans after the battle of the Egadi islands against the Carthaginians in the Punic Wars 241 BC, together with Syracuse and all of Sicily. Modica became one of the thirty-five decuman (spontaneously submitted) cities of the island and was oppressed by the praetor Verres.
Modica consists of two urban centres, Modica Alta (Upper Modica) and Modica Bassa (Lower Modica). The older upper part is perched on the rocky top of the southern Ibeli hill, the lower part is built on the lower slopes and valley below. The walk down from Modica Alta to Modica Bassa reveals vistas of the lower town and involves many steps; not many attempt the reverse journey on foot.
During the last century the city has extended and developed new suburbs which include Sacro Cuore (or Sorda), Monserrato, Idria, these are often referred to as Modern Modica; both old and modern quarters of the city are today joined by one of Europe's higher bridge, the Guerrieri bridge, 300 metres (980 ft) long.
Despite being ravaged by earthquakes in 1613 and 1693, and floods in 1833 and 1902, Modica has retained some of the most beautiful architecture in Sicily. Much of the city was rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake with imposing and conspicuous urban monuments in the Sicilian Baroque style. The large Baroque Cathedral San Giorgio is dedicated to St George. While the cathedral was rebuilt following the earthquake of 1693, like many other parts of the city its roots are in the Middle Ages. From the front of the Cathedral a staircase of 300 steps leads down towards Modica Bassa.
Another notable church is San Pietro, dedicated to St Peter, in Modica Bassa, featuring a principal façade crowned by a typical Sicilian Baroque belltower, 49 metres (161 ft) high.
Other sights include:
Castello dei Conti (Castle)
Chiesa del Carmine
Church of St. Mary of Betlehem
Garibaldi Theater
Mercedari Palace -contains a museum and library
The economy of the area once principally agricultural producing olives, carobs, legumes, cereals, and cattle; an extraordinary and unique product is the famous chocolate of Modica, produced with an ancient and original Aztec recipe. The city has now been joined by factories producing textiles, furniture and cars. Tourism is also an important industry to the area, since Modica entered the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.
The eighteenth century saw Modica in the role of art and culture town, counting philosophers (Tommaso Campailla), poets (Girolama Grimaldi Lorefice), a school of medicine (Campailla, Gaspare Cannata, Michele Gallo, the Polara family) and literary academies among its inhabitants. In the nineteenth century, feudalism was abolished and Modica became a bourgeois town peopled by notables such as the writer and anthropologist Serafino Amabile Guastella, the agronomist Clemente Grimaldi, the musician Pietro Floridia and many painters, historians and other intellectuals. Modica was also the birthplace of writer Salvatore Quasimodo, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959.
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Places to see in ( Jesi - Italy )
Places to see in ( Jesi - Italy )
Jesi is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in Marche, Italy. It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left bank of the Esino river 17 kilometres before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea. Jesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri when, in the 4th century BC, the Senones Gauls invaded the area and ousted them. They turned it into a stronghold against the Piceni. In 283 BC the Senones were defeated by the Romans. Jesi in 247 BC became a colonia civium romanorum with the name of Aesis.
During the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Iesi was ravaged by the troops of Odoacer (476 AD) and again in 493 by the Ostrogoths of Theodoric the Great. After the Gothic War, Italy became part of the Byzantine Empire, and Jesi became one of the main centers of the new rulers, and also became a diocese seat. In 751 it was sacked by the Lombard troops of Aistulf, and later was a Carolingian imperial city.
Starting from 1130, it was an independent commune, gradually expanding in the neighboring countryside. In December 1194 it was the site of the birth of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, who later gave it the title of Royal City. In the 14th century it was captured by the Papal vicar Filippo Simonetti, by Galeotto I Malatesta (1347–1351), by Braccio da Montone in 1408, and by Francesco I Sforza, who turned it into his family's main stronghold in the Marche. In 1447 it was bought by the Papal States.
Alot to see in Jesi such as :
Jesi cathedral: duomo built in the 13th-15th centuries. The façade and the Latin cross interior are modern.
San Floriano: 18th century convent.
San Marco: Gothic, 13th-century church just outside historical centre. The interior has a nave and two aisles, with a 14th-century fresco by an anonymous Rimini painter.
Santa Maria delle Grazie: 15th-century church with 17th-century belltower.
San Nicolò: 13th-century church with Romanesque apse and a Gothic portal.
The 14th century walls, built following the line of the Roman ones and mostly rebuilt in the 15th century by Baccio Pontelli and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Six towers remain today.
Palazzo della Signoria, built in 1486-1498 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. The angular tower was elevated in 1661 and received a dome, but crumbled down a few years later. Notable is the interior courtyard, with two orders of loggias, partially designed by Andrea Sansovino from 1519.
Palazzo Balleani, an example of local Baroque architecture, built from 1720 and designed by Francesco Ferruzzi. The façade has a characteristic balcony supported by four atlases (1723). The interior has precious gilded stucco decoration.
Palazzo Pianetti: Rococo palace. The wide façade has exactly one hundred windows, while the interior has a noteworthy giardino all'italiana. The palace houses the city's civic art gallery, with a series of paintings by the Venetian artist Lorenzo Lotto.
Palazzo Ricci, finished in 1547. The diamond-like bricks of the façade are inspired to famous Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara.
Teatro Pergolesi built in 1790.
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Walking Around La Spezia, Italy
Today we were walking around the area behind our Airbnb and we found the Castello Di San Giorgio. We are really enjoying La Spezia - it is one of our favorite Italian cities!
Music: Morning Mandolin by Chris Haugen
Discover Palazzo Grassi
Renovated by Tadao Ando and inaugurated in 2006, Palazzo Grassi presents temporary exhibitions of the Pinault Collection.
VENICE – Italy
Video and photos in Full HD I have made during my trip to Venice (Venezia) in Italy (Veneto) in May 2018. The video includes the following highlights: Rialto Bridge (Ponte di Rialto), Grand Canal (Canal Grande), Gondolas, Clock Tower (Torre dell’Orologio), Saint Mark’s Square (Piazza di San Marco), Saint Mark’s Campanile (Campanile di San Marco), Doge’s Palace (Palazzo del Doge), going to the top of St. Mark’s Campanile, Saint Mark’s Basilica (Basilica di San Marco), Saint George Maggiore Island.
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Greece (Corfu, Santorini)
Croatia (Dubrovnik)
Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Himeji)
Franch Riviera (Nice, Monaco)
Hawaii (Oahu Island)
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VENICE (source Wikipedia):
Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated across a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges, of which there are 400. The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Parts of Venice are renowned for the beauty of their settings, their architecture, and artwork. The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a World Heritage Site.
In 2014, 264,579 people resided in Comune di Venezia, of whom around 55,000 live in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico). Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), with a total population of 2.6 million. PATREVE is only a statistical metropolitan area.
The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BCE. The city was historically the capital of the Republic of Venice. Venice has been known as the La Dominante, Serenissima, Queen of the Adriatic, City of Water, City of Masks, City of Bridges, The Floating City, and City of Canals.
The Republic of Venice was a major financial and maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. The city-state of Venice is considered to have been the first real international financial center which gradually emerged from the 9th century to its peak in the 14th century. This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history.
It is also known for its several important artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. After the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the Republic was annexed by the Austrian Empire, until it became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, following a referendum held as a result of the Third Italian War of Independence. Venice has played an important role in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi. Venice has been ranked the most beautiful city in the world as of 2016. The city is facing some major challenges, however, including financial difficulties, erosion, pollution, subsidence, an excessive number of tourists in peak periods and problems caused by oversized cruise ships sailing close to the banks of the historical city.
Today, there are numerous attractions in Venice, such as St Mark's Basilica, the Doge's Palace, the Grand Canal, and the Piazza San Marco.
The Este Castle in Ferrara, Italy
The Este Castle or Castello Estense in Ferrarra Italy