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Visconti Castle (other)
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Visconti Castle (in Italian Castello Visconteo) may refer to a number of castles including: *Visconti Castle (Abbiategrasso) *Visconti Castle (Bereguardo) *Visconti Castle (Binasco) * Visconti Castle (Castelletto sopra Ticino) * Visconti Castle (Cusago) * Visconti Castle (Crenna) *Visconti Castle (Invorio) * Visconti Castle (Lodi) * Visconti Castle (Locarno) *Visconti Castle (Massino) *Visconti Castle (Pagazzano) *Visconti Castle (Pandino) *Visconti Castle (Pavia) * Visconti Castle (Somma Lombardo) * Visconti Castle (Vercelli) * Visconti-Castelbarco Castle * Visconti-Sforza Castle (Novara) *Visconti-Sforza Castle (Vigevano) See also *List of castles in Italy *Visconti (other) Visconti is an Italian surname. It may also refer to: * Visconti Castle (other) * Visconti (company), Italian manufacturer of luxury goods * Visconti Park, Lombardy, Italy * Alfa Romeo Visconti The Alfa Romeo Visconti is a concept car m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visconti Castle (Abbiategrasso)
The Visconti Castle of Abbiategrasso is a mediaeval castle located in Abbiategrasso, Lombardy, northern Italy. It lies on the Naviglio Grande axis toward Milan. From its towers the navigation along the canal could be controlled. In the 15th century it was one of the preferred residences of the dukes and duchesses of Milan. History The Visconti Castle of Abbiategrasso was probably built at the end of the 13th century on the site of a previous fortification (''Castro Margazario'') near a Benedictine monastery. First Azzone Visconti (1329–1339), lord of Milan, and then Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1378–1402), the first duke of Milan, enlarged the castle. In 1438 it was restored and embellished by Duke Filippo Maria Visconti, son of Gian Galeazzo. Having lost any defensive function, and being easily reachable from Milan by water along the Naviglio Grande, it became his favorite country mansion. The castle had the typical Visconti castle's structure: a quadrangular layout, with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visconti Castle (Pagazzano)
The Visconti Castle of Pagazzano (''Castello Visconteo di Pagazzano'') is a moated, late-medieval castle located in Pagazzano, a town in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy. The castle in the current form was probably erected between 1450 and 1475, at the initiative of the Visconti di Brignano transforming the previous 14th-century quadrangular fortification with a surrounding moat. History A document from 1186 already mentions the existence of a fortress on the site. In the 14th century, the castle came to Bernabò Visconti, lord of Milan, and then to Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who donated it to his wife, Caterina Visconti. In 1357 and 1358, Petrarch resided for some time in the castle. In 1364, he interceded with Bernabò to preserve and improve the building. In 1442 Filippo Maria Visconti donated the castle to the noble De-Isacchi family from Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visconti-Sforza Castle (Vigevano)
The Visconti-Sforza Castle is a Middle Ages, mediaeval castle located in the centre of the city of Vigevano, Lombardy, Northern Italy. In the 14th and 15th centuries, members of the Visconti of Milan, Visconti and House of Sforza, Sforza houses, lords and dukes of Milan, transformed a previous fortification into a vast family resort. The castle was part of a wider plan of urban development for Vigevano, which included the erection of other buildings and the construction of the central Piazza Ducale. History The Visconti-Sforza period Luchino Visconti (died 1349), Luchino Visconti, Lord of Milan and ruler of Vigevano since 1337, began to transform the existing fortification into a local residence for his family. The construction was continued by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan, and completed by his heirs, Ludovico il Moro and his grandchild Gian Galeazzo Sforza. Donato Bramante had been working on the project of the castle. Leonardo da Vinci is known to have frequented V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visconti-Sforza Castle (Novara)
The Visconti-Sforza Castle of Novara is a castle located in the south-western border of the old center of Novara. It was erected on the former corner of the Roman and Middle Age walls that surrounded the city. History The origin of the castle is connected to the transfer of Novara under the influence of Milan, taking place in the second half of the 13th century. In 1272 Francesco Della Torre (member of the family ruler of Milan), after taking over the city, ordered the construction of a fortification on the site belonged to the Tettoni family. 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 years by Francesco Sforza Francesco I Sforza (; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visconti-Castelbarco Castle
The Visconti-Castelbarco Castle is a castle of mediaeval origin located in Cislago, Lombardy, Northern Italy. Since the 13th century it belonged to a cadet branch of the Visconti House. In the 18th century it became a property of the Castelbarco family. History On the site of the current castle, a fortification had been existing at least since the 10th century. At the end of the 13th century the castle became a property of the Visconti of Milan. It was then inherited by a lineage originated by Uberto, brother of Matteo Lord of Milan, initially the Visconti di Somma and later the Visconti di Cislago. Destroyed in the 17th century, it was raised again in the form of a baroque villa on the original U-shaped plan and with two towers at the corners of the main facade. A crenellated A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e., a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visconti Castle (Vercelli)
The Visconti Castle of Vercelli is a Middle Ages, medieval castle in Vercelli, Piedmont, Northern Italy. Erected at the end of the 13th century, it underwent subsequent transformation to be changed in its use. Today it is the seat of the Tribunal of Vercelli. History The Visconti of Milan took control of Vercelli at the end of the 13th century, during their initial expansion outside Milan. Around 1290, Matteo I Visconti, Matteo Visconti ordered the construction of the castle, probably on a previous building's ruins. It had the classic layout of the Visconti castles of the Lombardy plains: quadrangular, with square towers at each corner, two entrances on opposite sides, and an internal courtyard. Another small door ("pusterla") was in the south-eastern corner. An inner wing ("rocchetta") leaned on the southern side. The castle's primary purpose was to show a sign of the Visconti's power over Vercelli. Being along the city's wall, it also reinforced its defense to the south. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
