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Castello Di Montalto
The castle of Montalto lies east of Siena, Italy, in an area known as ‘la Berardenga’, which is an extensive territory in the Chianti region of Tuscany. Its position right on the border between the territories of Siena and Florence gave it great strategic importance during the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. Much of the castle is from medieval times and parts date back to 1000 or earlier; extensive restorations were performed in the 16th century and again in the 19th century. Description Montalto stands on a hill overlooking the upper Ambra river. An entry archway surmounted by a turret leads into a courtyard with a well. To the right is the church of San Martino, and a fresco on the inside of the entry tower depicts the famous scene of the saint sharing his cloak with a beggar. To the left is a loggia with four arches from which one has access to the main villa and the Sala d’Armi (Hall of Arms) with its large fireplace and collection of lances, armor and weapons dating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montalto Exterior1
Montalto may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Italy * Montalto (Apuan Alps) (correctly spelled as Monte Alto or Mont'Alto), a mountain located in Tuscany, Italy and part of the Apuan Alps * Montalto Carpasio, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria * Montalto delle Marche, a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy ** The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Montalto, with see in the above city * Montalto di Castro, a municipality in the province of Viterbo, Latium, Italy * Montalto Dora, a municipality in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy * Montalto Ligure, a municipality in the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy * Montalto Pavese, a municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy * Montalto Uffugo, a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy * Castello di Montalto, a castle in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy * Montalto (Aspromonte), an Italian mountain peak New Zealand * Montalt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis I Of Naples
Louis I (Italian: ''Luigi'', ''Aloisio'' or "Ludovico" ; 1320 – 26 May 1362), also known as Louis of Taranto, was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou who reigned as King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier, and Prince of Taranto. Louis gained the crown of Naples by marrying his first cousin, Queen Joanna I, whose prior husband, Andrew, had died as a result of a conspiracy that may have involved both of them. Immediately after securing his status as her co-ruler, Louis successfully wrested away all power from his wife, leaving her a sovereign in name only. Their disastrous marriage resulted in the birth of two daughters, Catherine and Frances, neither of whom survived their parents. During their joint reign, Louis dealt with numerous uprisings, attacks, and unsuccessful military operations; he is generally considered an inefficient monarch. Following his death, Joanna resumed her power and refused to share it with her subsequent husbands. Background and family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agriturismo
Agritourism or agrotourism involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. Types A 2018 article published in the ''Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development'' classified agritourism activities as falling into one or more categories: direct-to-consumer sales (e.g., farm stands, u-pick), agricultural education (e.g., school visits to a farm), hospitality (overnight farm stays), recreation (e.g., hunting, horseback riding), and entertainment (e.g., hayrides, harvest dinners). Most agritourists spent time visiting farm stands, picking fruit, or feeding animals; others may navigate a corn maze or do a farm stay, assisting with chores or agricultural or ranch work. Economic benefits Agricultural tourism has become a necessary means for many small farms’ survival. By diversifying business operations, farm operators are able to ensure a more stable income. This is because agritourism activities can occur during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosimo III De' Medici, Grand Duke Of Tuscany
Cosimo III de' Medici (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. Cosimo's 53-year-long reign, the longest in Tuscan history, was marked by a series of laws that regulated prostitution and May celebrations. His reign also witnessed Tuscany's deterioration to previously unknown economic lows. He was succeeded by his elder surviving son, Gian Gastone, when he died, in 1723. He married Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a cousin of Louis XIV. The marriage was solemnized by proxy in the King's Chapel at the Louvre, on Sunday, 17 April 1661. It was a marriage fraught with tribulation. Marguerite Louise eventually abandoned Tuscany for the Convent of Montmartre. Together, they had three children: Ferdinando in 1663, Anna Maria Luisa, Electress Palatine, in 1667, and Gian Gastone, the last Medicean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Charles V
Charles V, french: Charles Quint, it, Carlo V, nl, Karel V, ca, Carles V, la, Carolus V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain ( Castile and Aragon) from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg during the first half of the 16th century, his dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern Italy with direct rule over the Austrian hereditary lands and the Burgundian Low Countries, and Spain with its southern Italian possessions of Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia. He oversaw both the continuation of the long-lasting Spanish colonization of the Americas and the short-lived German colonization of the Americas. The personal union of the European and American territories of Charles V was the first collection of realms labelled "the empire on whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signoria
A signoria () was the governing authority in many of the Italian city states during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. The word signoria comes from ''signore'' , or "lord"; an abstract noun meaning (roughly) "government; governing authority; de facto sovereignty; lordship"; plural: ''signorie''. Signoria versus the commune In Italian history the rise of the signoria is a phase often associated with the decline of the medieval commune system of government and the rise of the dynastic state. In this context the word ''signoria'' (here to be understood as "lordly power") is used in opposition to the institution of the commune or city republic. Contemporary observers and modern historians see the rise of the signoria as a reaction to the failure of the ''communi'' to maintain law-and-order and suppress party strife and civil discord. In the anarchic conditions that often prevailed in medieval Italian city-states, people looked to strong men to restore order and disarm the feud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montalto Altare
Montalto may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Italy * Montalto (Apuan Alps) (correctly spelled as Monte Alto or Mont'Alto), a mountain located in Tuscany, Italy and part of the Apuan Alps * Montalto Carpasio, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria * Montalto delle Marche, a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy ** The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Montalto, with see in the above city * Montalto di Castro, a municipality in the province of Viterbo, Latium, Italy * Montalto Dora, a municipality in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy * Montalto Ligure, a municipality in the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy * Montalto Pavese, a municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy * Montalto Uffugo, a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy * Castello di Montalto, a castle in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy * Montalto (Aspromonte), an Italian mountain peak New Zealand * Montalto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montalto Sanmartino
Montalto may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Italy * Montalto (Apuan Alps) (correctly spelled as Monte Alto or Mont'Alto), a mountain located in Tuscany, Italy and part of the Apuan Alps * Montalto Carpasio, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria * Montalto delle Marche, a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy ** The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Montalto, with see in the above city * Montalto di Castro, a municipality in the province of Viterbo, Latium, Italy * Montalto Dora, a municipality in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy * Montalto Ligure, a municipality in the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy * Montalto Pavese, a municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy * Montalto Uffugo, a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy * Castello di Montalto, a castle in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy * Montalto (Aspromonte), an Italian mountain peak New Zealand * Montal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montalto Stemma
Montalto may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Italy * Montalto (Apuan Alps) (correctly spelled as Monte Alto or Mont'Alto), a mountain located in Tuscany, Italy and part of the Apuan Alps * Montalto Carpasio, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria * Montalto delle Marche, a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy ** The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Montalto, with see in the above city * Montalto di Castro, a municipality in the province of Viterbo, Latium, Italy * Montalto Dora, a municipality in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy * Montalto Ligure, a municipality in the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy * Montalto Pavese, a municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy * Montalto Uffugo, a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy * Castello di Montalto, a castle in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy * Montalto (Aspromonte), an Italian mountain peak New Zealand * Montalt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Plague
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the deaths of people, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium ''Yersinia pestis'' spread by fleas, but it can also take a secondary form where it is spread by person-to-person contact via aerosols causing septicaemic or pneumonic plagues. The Black Death was the beginning of the second plague pandemic. The plague created religious, social and economic upheavals, with profound effects on the course of European history. The origin of the Black Death is disputed. The pandemic originated either in Central Asia or East Asia before spreading to Crimea with the Golden Horde army of Jani Beg as he was besieging the Genoese trading port of Kaffa in Crimea (1347). From Crimea, it was most likely carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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