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Hilltowns In Italy
Italian hilltop settlements were built upon hills for defensive purposes, surrounded by thick defensive walls, steep embankments, or cliffs which provided natural defenses for their earliest inhabitants. In the Middle Ages, earthworks and stone and wooden palisades were typically replaced with massive stone and masonry walls, sturdy gates, and watch towers. In the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, even some of the smallest and most remote hill towns were adorned with churches housing works of art and impressive noble residences. Italy's hill towns have been studied for the communities that inhabited them, as repositories of Medieval and Renaissance art, and for their architecture. The construction techniques used to build these hill towns have even been studied by seismologists to understand why their ancient masonry and stone structures often survive earthquakes that destroy nearby modern buildings. In the second half of the 20th century, many of Italy's lesser-known hill towns, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariano Irpino Hilltown , a 12th-century constitution for the Kingdom of Sicily
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Ariano may refer to: Places * Ariano Irpino, Campania, Italy ** ''Ariano di Puglia'' until 1930 * Ariano nel Polesine, Veneto, Italy * , Mesola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy * Ariano, Olevano sul Tusciano, Campania, Italy People * Ariano Fernandes (born 1963), Brazilian politician * Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014), Brazilian playwright * Azmahar Ariano (born 1991), Panamanian footballer See also * * Assizes of Ariano The Assizes of Ariano were a series of laws for the Kingdom of Sicily promulgated in the summer of 1140 at Ariano, near Benevento, by Roger II of Sicily. Having recently pacified the peninsula, constantly in revolt, he had decided to make a mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Town
{{Unreferenced, date=May 2010 A hill town is any citadel town built upon hills to make invasion difficult. Often protected by defensive walls, steep embankments, or cliffs, such hilltop settlements provided natural defenses for their inhabitants. In Europe, especially in Italy, Spain, Portugal and southern France, such towns were common. The Spanish even brought the traditional European hill town to the Americas, a notable example being the 16th century Mexican hill town of Guanajuato. However, fortified hill towns were by no means solely a European creation. For instance, Incan fortified hill towns predated the arrival of the Spanish by many centuries and rival those of Europe. Machu Picchu, an Incan hill town completed in the mid-15th century in Peru, although now in ruins, is considered perhaps the most beautiful hill town ever constructed. Construction of fortified hill towns was common in many civilizations. Ancient examples can also be found in Africa and Asia. Aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hilltowns In Northern Italy
Hilltowns in Northern Italy * Val d'Aosta ** Antagnod **Bard * Piedmont **Mombaldone **Neive **Orta San Giulio ** Ricetto di Candelo **Vogogna **Volpedo * Liguria **Ameglia **Apricale **Arcola ** Castelnuvo Magra ** Castelvecchio ** Cervo **Cornice **Corniglia **Millesimo ** Nicola **Ortonovo ** Pigna **Trebbiano **Triora **Vezzano Ligure * Lombardia **Bienno **Castellaro Lagusello ** Cornello dei Tasso **Fortunago **Gradella **Lovere **Monte Isola ** Oramala **Zavattarello * Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol **Rango * Veneto **Arquà Petrarca **Asolo ** Borghetto ** Portobuffolé * Friuli Venezia Giulia ** Clauiano **Cordovado **Fagagna **Gradisca d'Isonzo ** Poffabro * Emilia Romagna **Brisighella **Castell'Arquato **Compiano **Dozza **Montefiore Conca **Montegridolfo Montegridolfo ( rgn, Mun't Gridòlf) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Rimini. The municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hilltowns In Central Italy
This is a list of hilltowns in central Italy. *Tuscany **Anghiari **Barga **Buonconvento **Castelfranco di Sopra **Cetona **Coreglia Antelminelli **Giglio Castello **Pitigliano **Poppi **San Casciano dei Bagni **San Gimignano **Scarperia **Sovana ** Suvereto **Volterra * Marche **Corinaldo **Esanatoglia **Gradara **Montefiore dell'Aso ** Montelupone **Moresco **San Ginesio **Visso * Umbria **Bevagna **Castiglione del Lago **Corciano **Montefalco **Montone **Norcia **Orvieto **Paciano **Todi **Trevi **Vallo di Nera *Lazio **Campodimele **Castel di Tora **Castel Gandolfo **Ceri **Civita di Bagnoregio ** Collalto Sabino **Maenza **Priverno **Roccagorga **San Donato Val di Comino **Sperlonga *Abruzzo **Anversa degli Abruzzi ** Castel del Monte **Castelli ** Castrovalva (Abruzzi) **Guardiagrele **Introdacqua **Pacentro **Pescocostanzo **Pettorano sul Gizio ** Pietracamela **Roccascalegna **Santo Stefano di Sessanio ** Scanno **Tagliacozzo *Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hilltowns In Southern Italy
This is a list of hilltowns in southern Italy. *Campania **Ariano Irpino **Frigento ** Greci **Guardia Lombardi **Lacedonia **Montaguto **Montecalvo Irpino **Montefalcone di Val Fortore **Montefusco **Montemiletto **Trevico **Villanova del Battista * Apulia **Bovino **Castelnuovo della Daunia **Monteleone di Puglia ** Panni **Roseto Valfortore ** San Marco la Catola **Sant'Agata di Puglia * Basilicata ** Anzi **Ferrandina **Forenza **Grassano **Nemoli **Pietrapertosa **Rivello **Salandra *Calabria ** Albidona ** Alessandria del Carretto ** Bova **Castroregio ** Montegiordano **Santa Severina *Sicily **Agira **Calascibetta **Centuripe **Enna ** Floresta ** Gangi **Montalbano Elicona **San Mauro Castelverde **Troina Troina ( Sicilian: ''Traina'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Enna, Sicily, southern Italy. It is located in the Nebrodi Park. History Excavations have proved that the area of Troina was settled as early as the 7t ... {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill People
Hill people, also referred to as mountain people, is a general term for people who live in the hills and mountains. This includes all rugged land above and all land (including plateaus) above elevation. The climate is generally harsh, with steep temperature drops between day and night, high winds, runoff from melting snow and rain that cause high levels of erosion and thin, immature soils. Climate change is likely to place considerable stress on the mountain environment and the people who live there. People have used or lived in the mountains for thousands of years, first as hunter-gatherers and later as farmers and pastoralists. The isolated communities are often culturally and linguistically diverse. Today about 720 million people, or 12% of the world's population, live in mountain regions, many of them economically and politically marginalized. The mountain residents have adapted to the conditions, but in the developing world they often suffer from food insecurity and poor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilltowns In Italy
Italian hilltop settlements were built upon hills for defensive purposes, surrounded by thick defensive walls, steep embankments, or cliffs which provided natural defenses for their earliest inhabitants. In the Middle Ages, earthworks and stone and wooden palisades were typically replaced with massive stone and masonry walls, sturdy gates, and watch towers. In the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, even some of the smallest and most remote hill towns were adorned with churches housing works of art and impressive noble residences. Italy's hill towns have been studied for the communities that inhabited them, as repositories of Medieval and Renaissance art, and for their architecture. The construction techniques used to build these hill towns have even been studied by seismologists to understand why their ancient masonry and stone structures often survive earthquakes that destroy nearby modern buildings. In the second half of the 20th century, many of Italy's lesser-known hill towns, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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