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Castelvecchio (Valdagno)
Castelvecchio, an Italian word meaning "Old castle", may refer to: Places in Italy Municipalities * Castelvecchio Calvisio, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo * Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena, in the Province of Savona, Liguria *Castelvecchio Subequo, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo Civil parishes * Castelvecchio (Carmignano), in the municipality of Carmignano (PO), Tuscany * Castelvecchio (Monte Porzio), in the municipality of Monte Porzio (PU), Marche *, in the municipality of Pescia (PT), Tuscany *, in the municipality of Preci (PG), Umbria *, uninhabited, in the municipality of San Gimignano (SI), Tuscany * Castelvecchio (Valdagno), in the municipality of Valdagno (VI), Veneto *Castelvecchio Pascoli, in the municipality of Barga (LU), Tuscany Other * Castelvecchio, the earliest part of Buonconsiglio Castle, Trento, Italy * , the ancient heart of the city of Siena, Italy *, a castle in Siusi, Italy * Castelvecchio (Castel Goffredo), the ancient heart of the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (, , or , ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. It evolved from the colloquial Latin of the Roman Empire. Italian is the least divergent language from Latin, together with Sardinian language, Sardinian. It is spoken by about 68 million people, including 64 million native speakers as of 2024. Italian is an official language in Languages of Italy, Italy, Languages of San Marino, San Marino, Languages of Switzerland, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), and Languages of Vatican City, Vatican City; it has official Minority language, minority status in Minority languages of Croatia, Croatia, Slovene Istria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the municipalities of Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Santa Tereza, Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul, Encantado, and Venda Nova do Imigrante in Languages of Brazil#Language co-officialization, Brazil. Italian is also spoken by large Italian diaspora, immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdagno
Valdagno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, north-eastern Italy. The town was the birthplace of the textile manufacturing company Marzotto, and home to the Italian hotel chain "Jolly Hotels". Etymology The word "Valdagno" is the union of the sentence "valle dell'Agno", meaning "valley of the Agno". According to historian Giovanni Mantese, the name originated from the Latin ''Vallis Alnei'', meaning "valley of ontano". . Geography The town extends along the river Agno, from which Valdagno takes its name, and the homonymous valley surrounded by hills; the Piccole Dolomiti and the Alti Lessini. The presence of the river Agno influenced both the town origins and its development; in particular, it provided water to the population, increasing indu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelvecchio Museum
Castelvecchio Museum (Italian: Museo Civico di Castelvecchio) is a museum in Verona, northern Italy, located in the eponymous medieval castle. Restoration by the architect Carlo Scarpa between 1959 and 1973 has enhanced the appearance of the building and exhibits. Scarpa's architectural style is visible in the details for doorways, staircases, furnishings, and even fixtures designed to hold a specific piece of artwork. The renovation carefully balanced new and old, revealing the history of the original building where appropriate. Unusual at the time, this approach has now become a common approach to renovation. Collection The museum displays a collection of sculpture, statues, paintings, ancient weapons, ceramics, gold works, miniatures and some old bells. Sculptures, mostly from the Romanesque period of Verona, include: *''Sepulchre of the Sts. Sergius and Bacchus'', basrelief from 1179. *"Crucifix", a 14th-century tuff work by the so-called Master of Sant'Anastasia, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelvecchio (Verona)
Castelvecchio (Italian: "Old Castle") is a castle in Verona, northern Italy. It is the most important military construction of the Scaliger dynasty that ruled the city in the Middle Ages. The castle is powerful and compact in its size with very little decoration — one square compound built in red bricks, one of the most prominent examples of Gothic architecture of the age, with imposing M-shaped merlons running along the castle and bridge walls. It has seven towers, a superelevated keep (''maschio'') with four main buildings inside. The castle is surrounded by a ditch, now dry, which was once filled with waters from the nearby Adige. Castelvecchio is now home to the Castelvecchio Museum and the local officer's club which can be accessed through the left door on Corso Cavour. History The castle stands on the probable location of a Roman fortress outside the Roman city. Lord Cangrande II della Scala had it built along with its bridge across the Adige River as a deterrent to hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castel Goffredo
Castel Goffredo (; ) is a (municipality) in the province of Mantua, in Lombardy, northern Italy, from Mantua and a few more from Brescia. It lies in a region of springs at the foot of the slopes that drain into Lake Garda, towards the plain of the Po. Castel Goffredo borders the following municipalities: Castiglione delle Stiviere, Medole, Ceresara, Casaloldo, Asola, Lombardy, Asola, Acquafredda, Carpenedolo. History Founded in a region inhabited from the Bronze Age, Castel Goffredo belonged to the Bishopric of Brescia, count-bishops of Brescia from the ninth century to 1115, when the Medieval commune, commune was established. When Brescia proved unable to come to the commune's defense, in 1337 it placed itself under the protection of Mantua and the House of Gonzaga, Gonzaga. From 1348 to 1404 it was governed from Milan by the House of Visconti (Milan), Visconti and returned to the Gonzaga in 1441. Castel Goffredo became the seat of an autonomous ''feudo'' of marquis Aloysio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelvecchio (Castel Goffredo)
Castelvecchio (''Castellum vetus'') is the ancient fortified village of Castel Goffredo, in the province of Mantua Lombardy region in Italy, surrounded by walls and a moat. The boundaries currently correspond to the garden of the Palazzo Gonzaga-Acerbi to the north, to vicolo Remoto and vicolo Cannone to the east, to Piazza Mazzini to the south and to piazzetta Castelvecchio and vicolo Castelvecchio to the west. History The first urban nucleus of Castel Goffredo, surrounded by walls and moat, was formed within the ruins of the Roman ''castrum'' and will be called ''Castellum vetus'', or "Castelvecchio". Built between 900 and 1000, of the village is mentioned in a document dated June 12, 1480 in which Ludovico Gonzaga, bishop of Mantua and lord of Castel Goffredo, stipulated agreements with the municipality on the possession of some lands of the place. In the deed of submission of the city to the Gonzaga of Mantua dated 1337 to a deed by the notary De Gandulfis, the town is m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seis Am Schlern
Seis am Schlern (; ) is an Alpine village in South Tyrol, in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of northern Italy. It is a (borough) of the (municipality) of Kastelruth. Geography The village lies in the Dolomites, in the shadow of the 2,563m high Schlern. The summit can be reached by following trail number one from the village. History The peak at the north west end of the mountain was first climbed in 1888 by Johann Santner. It is named the Santner Spitze in his honour. Economy The village is dependent on tourism, in Summer and Winter. Famous residents The poet, composer and diplomat Oswald von Wolkenstein lived for a time in Seis. The German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey died in the village on 1 October 1911. The Russian scientist, historian and ethnologist Count Aleksey Alekseyevich Bobrinsky The Counts Bobrinsky or Bobrinskoy (''Бобринские'') are a Russian nobility, Russian noble family descending from Count Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siena
Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 as of 2025. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking centre until the 13th and 14th centuries. Siena is also home to the List of oldest banks in continuous operation, oldest bank in the world, the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Monte dei Paschi, which has been operating continuously since . Several significant Mediaeval and Renaissance painters were born and worked in Siena, among them Duccio di Buoninsegna, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Stefano di Giovanni, Sassetta, and influenced the course of Italian and European art. The University of Siena, originally called ''Studium Senese'', was founded in 1240, making it one of the List of oldest universities in continuous oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buonconsiglio Castle
Buonconsiglio Castle () is a castle in Trento, northern Italy. History The castle originated from a fortified building that was erected in the 13th century next to the city's walls. This first building was called Castelvecchio (literally, 'old castle'), and was the seat of the Bishopric of Trent from the 13th century onwards to the end of the 18th century. The castle is composed of a series of buildings of different eras, enclosed by a circle of walls in a slightly elevated position above the town. The, as called, Castelvecchio is the oldest and most dominant building of the entire housing development. The Magno Palazzo is the sixteenth expansion in the forms of the Italian Renaissance, wanted by the Prince Bishop and Cardinal Bernardo Clesio (1485-1539), the third part, in the southern end of the complex is the known Eagle tower, which preserves the famous Cycle of the Months, one of the most fascinating pictorial cycles of profane late Middle Ages. Bishop George of Liechten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barga, Tuscany
Barga is a medieval town and ''comune'' of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10,000 people and is the chief town of the "Media Valle" (mid valley) of the Serchio River. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). History In the 9th century, Barga is mentioned as a family feud of the Lombard family of Rolandinghi. In the 11th century, Barga obtained from Matilda of Tuscany broad privileges including tax exemptions. However, formally Barga was still subordinate to Lucca. When Matilda died, she left all her properties, including the Serchio Valley, to the Church, which was not a popular decision, causing a war. Despite the war, Barga was not looted, apparently because of the presence of the nuncius sent to the valley by the Pope Gregory IX. As the result of the war, the diocese of Lucca was abolished and split between several parties, including Pisa. Barga took advantage of it, and in the 13th century help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelvecchio Pascoli
Castelvecchio di Barga, officially Castelvecchio Pascoli, is a village in Tuscany in central Italy. Administratively, it is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Barga, in the province of Lucca, in the Serchio Valley, where poet Giovanni Pascoli bought the house "''Cardosi-Carrara''". History Giovanni Pascoli spent much of his time in Castelvecchio, dedicating himself to poetry and studies in classical literature. His former house, now in use as the ("Pascoli House-Museum"), has three desks where he worked in Latin, Greek and Italian. Here he seemed to have finally rebuilt the "nest A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold Egg (biology), eggs or young. Although nests are most closely associated with birds, members of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates construct nests. They may be composed of ..." – his family's traditional residence; the original in San Mauro was destroyed. The Casa museo Pascoli is still visited today. Giovanni Pascoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castelvecchio (Valdagno)
Castelvecchio, an Italian word meaning "Old castle", may refer to: Places in Italy Municipalities * Castelvecchio Calvisio, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo * Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena, in the Province of Savona, Liguria *Castelvecchio Subequo, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo Civil parishes * Castelvecchio (Carmignano), in the municipality of Carmignano (PO), Tuscany * Castelvecchio (Monte Porzio), in the municipality of Monte Porzio (PU), Marche *, in the municipality of Pescia (PT), Tuscany *, in the municipality of Preci (PG), Umbria *, uninhabited, in the municipality of San Gimignano (SI), Tuscany * Castelvecchio (Valdagno), in the municipality of Valdagno (VI), Veneto *Castelvecchio Pascoli, in the municipality of Barga (LU), Tuscany Other * Castelvecchio, the earliest part of Buonconsiglio Castle, Trento, Italy * , the ancient heart of the city of Siena, Italy *, a castle in Siusi, Italy * Castelvecchio (Castel Goffredo), the ancient heart of the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
