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Castle Of Belcaro, Siena
The Castello di Belcaro is a Renaissance villa built at the site of a Castle once belonging to the Republic of Siena in Tuscany. It is located some 5.5 kilometers southwest of the Siena city gate of Porta San Marco, on the direction towards Grosseto, it is beyond a former benedictine monastery and church of Sant'Eugenio. The address is strada di Terrenzano e Belcaro #32. History The villa was commissioned in 1525 by the banker Crescenzo Turamini, to be built over the ruins of the castle at Belcaro. The architect is attributed to either or both Giorgio di Giovanni and/or Baldassare Peruzzi. In 1554 the site was occupied by the besieging forces of Cosimo di Medici, as a stone inscription on the walls recalls, and his son Giangiacomo dei Medici reinstated the site as a fortress. In the 19th century, the Camaiori family refurbished the villa in a neo-Renaissance style, with gardens and courtyards, with the designs of Serafino Belli and Giuseppe Partini Giuseppe Partini (Siena, ...
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Renaissance Architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of Ancient Greece, ancient Greek and Ancient Rome, Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture and was succeeded by Baroque architecture. Developed first in Florence, with Filippo Brunelleschi as one of its innovators, the Renaissance style quickly spread to other Italian cities. The style was carried to Spain, France, Germany, England, Russia and other parts of Europe at different dates and with varying degrees of impact. Renaissance style places emphasis on symmetry, proportion (architecture), proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts, as demonstrated in the architecture of classical antiquity and in particular ancient Roman architecture, of which many examples remained. Orderly arrangements of columns, pi ...
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Baldassare Peruzzi
Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (7 March 1481 – 6 January 1536) was an Italian architect and painter, born in a small town near Siena (in Ancaiano, ''frazione'' of Sovicille) and died in Rome. He worked for many years with Bramante, Raphael, and later Sangallo during the erection of the new St. Peter's. He returned to his native Siena after the Sack of Rome (1527) where he was employed as architect to the Republic. For the Sienese he built new fortifications for the city and designed (though did not build) a remarkable dam on the Bruna River near Giuncarico. He seems to have moved back to Rome permanently by 1535. He died there the following year and was buried in the Rotunda of the Pantheon, near Raphael. He was a painter of frescoes in the ''Cappella San Giovanni'' (Chapel of St John the Baptist) in the Duomo of Siena. His son Giovanni Sallustio was also an architect. Another son, Onorio, learned painting from his father, then became a Dominican priest in the convent of San ...
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Renaissance Architecture In Siena
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. It occurred after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages and was associated with great social change. In addition to the standard periodization, proponents of a "long Renaissance" may put its beginning in the 14th century and its end in the 17th century. The traditional view focuses more on the early modern aspects of the Renaissance and argues that it was a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval aspects and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages. However, the beginnings of the period – the early Renaissance of the 15th century and the Italian Proto-Renaissance from around 1250 or 1300 – overlap considerably with the Late Middle Ages, conventionally dat ...
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Gardens In Tuscany
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both natural and artificial materials. Gardens often have design features including statuary, follies, pergolas, trellises, stumperies, dry creek beds, and water features such as fountains, ponds (with or without fish), waterfalls or creeks. Some gardens are for ornamental purposes only, while others also produce food crops, sometimes in separate areas, or sometimes intermixed with the ornamental plants. Food-producing gardens are distinguished from farms by their smaller scale, more labor-intensive methods, and their purpose (enjoyment of a hobby or self-sustenance rather than producing for sale, as in a market garden). Flower gardens combine plants of different heights, colors, textures, and fragrances to create interest and delight the ...
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Italian Renaissance Gardens
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Villas In Tuscany
Villas may refer to: Places * Villas, Florida, United States * Villas, Illinois, United States * Villas, New Jersey, United States * Las Villas, a region of Spain * Las Villas (Cuba), a former Cuban Province * The Villas, a housing estate in Stoke-upon-Trent, England Other uses * Villa, a type of house * ''Villa'' (fly), a genus of insects * The Villas (band), an American rock band * Violetta Villas (1938–2011), Belgian-born Polish singer, actress, and songwriter See also *Las Tres Villas *Cinco Villas (other) *Castillo Siete Villas, a town in Arnuero, Cantabria, Spain *Villasbuenas *Villas Boas *Benalúa de las Villas *Villa (other) *Vila (other) *Vilas (other) Vilas may refer to: People ;Last name * Vilas Nande (fl.2000), musician * Charles Nathaniel Vilas (died 1931), American philanthropist in New Hampshire for whom the Vilas Bridge was named *Dane Vilas (born 1985), South African cricketer * Faith Vi ...
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Giuseppe Partini
Giuseppe Partini (Siena, 1842–1895) was an Italian architect, mostly involved in reconstructions in his native Siena. ''Giuseppe Partini (1842-1895): architetto del purismo senese'' (1981) by Maria Cristina Buscioni. He was active with the sculptor Tito Sarocchi in the reconstruction of the ''Fonte Gaia'' in Piazza del Campo in Siena Italy, replacement of its original panels with copies. He also helped in the reconstruction of the Palazzi Palazzo Marsili, Siena, Marsili and Palazzo Tantucci, Siena, Tantucci in Siena. He was an architects involved with maintenance of the Duomo of Siena. He reconstructed the Palazzo di Giustizia in Chiavari. References

1842 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Italian architects Architects from Tuscany People from Siena {{italy-architect-stub ...
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Serafino Belli
Serafino is an Italian given name. It may refer to: People * Serafino de Montegranaro (1540–1604), Italian Capuchin friar * Serafino de' Serafini (1323-1393), Italian painter * Serafino Belfanti (1860–1939), Italian immunologist * Serafino Biagioni (1920–1983), Italian bicycle racer * Serafino Brizzi (1684–1724), Italian engraver * Serafino Cretoni (1833–1909), Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Serafino De Tivoli (1826–1892), Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group * Serafino dell'Aquila (1466–1500), Italian poet and improvisatore * Serafino Dubois (1817–1899), Italian chess player * Serafino Ghizzoni (born 1954), former Italian international rugby union footballer * Serafino Mazzolini (1890–1945), Italian lawyer, politician and journalist * Serafino Mazzarochi (1890–1961), Italian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics * Serafino Porrecta (1536–1614), Italian-Dominican theologian * Serafino Vannutelli Serafino Vannutelli (26 No ...
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Giorgio Di Giovanni
. Giorgio di Giovanni, also known as ''Giorgio da Siena'' (active 1538 and died 1559), was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Siena. Biography Little is known about the life of the painter. His works, for example the frescoes at the Castello di Belcaro, have also been attributed to Baldassare Peruzzi Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (7 March 1481 – 6 January 1536) was an Italian architect and painter, born in a small town near Siena (in Ancaiano, ''frazione'' of Sovicille) and died in Rome. He worked for many years with Bramante, Raphael, and la .... Other works such as the ''Flight of Cloelia'' have been attributed to Domenico Beccafumi and Marco Bigio. Giorgio di Giovanni is known to have worked circa 1525–1530 on the Vatican Loggia in Rome along with Giovanni da Udine. References Date of birth unknown 1559 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Siena Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-1 ...
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Republic Of Siena
The Republic of Siena ( it, Repubblica di Siena, la, Respublica Senensis) was a historic state consisting of the city of Siena and its surrounding territory in Tuscany, central Italy. It existed for over 400 years, from 1125 to 1555. During its existence, it gradually expanded throughout southern Tuscany becoming one of the major economic powers of the Middle Ages, and one of the most important commercial, financial and artistic centers in Europe. From 1287 to 1355, during the rule of the Noveschi, the Republic experienced a period of great political and economic splendor: new buildings were commissioned, including that of the Cathedral of Siena, the Palazzo Pubblico, and a substantial part of the city walls completed. This government is in fact defined by historians as the "good governance". A combination of economic decline, sparked by the Black Death, and political instability led to its absorption by the rival Republic of Florence during the Italian War of 1551–1559. Despi ...
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Castello Di Belcaro, Cappella, Int
Castello may refer to: Places *Castello, Venice, the largest of the six ''sestieri'' of Venice *''Castello'', the old town center of Giudicato of Cagliari in Sardinia *''Castello'', a neighbourhood in Florence *Castello, Hong Kong, a private housing estate in Hong Kong *A locality in the town of Monteggio in Switzerland * Cittadella (Gozo), a citadel in Gozo, Malta *Short name of Castellón de la Plana, a city in the Valencian Community, Spain Other * Roman Catholic Diocese of Castello, a former diocese based in Venice * Castello (surname) * Castello cheeses See also *Città di Castello, a town in Umbria, Italy * Castell (other) * Castella (other) * Castelli (other) *Castellón (other) Castellón ( ca, Castelló) may refer to: Places * Castellón de la Plana, the capital city of the province of Castellón, in Valencian Community, Spain * Province of Castellón, a province in Valencian Community, Spain * Castelló, formerly ''C ... * Caste ...
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