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Castle Of Ventimiglia
The castle of Ventimiglia (or castle of Bonifato) is an ancient four towers castle which was built at the end of the 14th century by the Ventimiglia family on the top of Mount Bonifato near Alcamo (inside Nature Reserve Bosco di Alcamo), Sicily, southern Italy. Historical hints Enrico Ventimiglia, the son of Guarnieri Ventimiglia whom he succeeded to, declared that he had this castle built on Mount Bonifato as a protection from possible attacks. According to different interpretations, the castle, instead, would date back to an anterior period. The castle was destroyed in 1243 by order of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II; it was rebuilt by the Ventimglia family before 1391 at her own expense. In 1779 the castle's ruins were inserted in the Sicily's Plan for the Preservation of Cultural Assets (''Plano di conservazione dei Beni Culturali della Sicilia'') by Gabriele Lancillotto Castello, prince of Torremuzza. Description Originally the castle had four towers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcamo
Alcamo (; ) is the fourth-largest town and communes of Italy, commune of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at a distance of about 50 kilometres from Palermo and Trapani. Nowadays the town territory includes an area of 130,79 square kilometres and is the second municipality as for population density in the province of Trapani, after Erice. Alcamo is bounded by the Tyrrhenian Sea on the north, Balestrate and Partinico on the east, Camporeale on the south and Calatafimi-Segesta and Castellammare del Golfo on the west. Its most important hamlet is Alcamo Marina at about 6 kilometres from the town centre. Together with other municipalities it takes part in the ''Associazione Città del Vino'', the movement ''Patto dei Sindaci'', ''Progetto Città dei Bambini'', ''Rete dei Comuni Solidali'' and ''Patto Territoriale Golfo di Castellammare''. Geography Territory Alcamo is situat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriele Lancillotto Castello
Gabriele Lancillotto Castello, prince of Torremuzza and marques of Motta d'Affermo (1727–1794) was an Italian nobleman, antiquarian, numismatist and antiquarian, most notable for his study of Sicily's coins and ancient past. He was also known as Lancellotto Castelli and wrote under the pseudonym Selinunte Drogonteo. Life Born in Palermo, in 1734 he entered the Collegio Borbonico, run by Palermo's Theatines. He was taught modern and ancient literature by abbot Jacoponi from Tuscany and in the college his favourite subject was Sicily's ancient, medieval and recent history. He and other scholars from the city planned a "Storia generale dell'Isola". In 1762 Torremuzza published "Le antiche iscrizioni di Palermo", describing ancient inscriptions which the city's senate had rediscovered in 1586 and which in 1716 were housed in the town hall. In 1753 he published the arcadian pastoral "Storia di Alesa" under the pseudonym "Selinunte Drogonteo", though his most famous works are '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Of Alcamo
The Castle of the Counts of Modica (or Castle of Alcamo) is a Middle Ages, medieval castle situated in the town centre of Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. History In 1340 King Peter II of Sicily had given Raimondo Peralta , without any mention about the castle;Mirabella, Francesco Maria (1980). Alcamensia noterelle storiche. Alcamo: Sarograf. in fact, it is quoted, for the first time, in a diploma dated 1391. In this document the King Martino I confirmed to Enrico Ventimiglia, the concession made to his father, Guarnerio, by King Federico III ''de la terra e lu Castellu di Alcamu''. The construction of the castle was started by the Peralta family at about 1340 and was finished in 1350, under the feudatory, feudatories Enrico Chiaramonte, Enrico and Federico Chiaramonte; it was a mansion and a defensive structure until the 16th century. If equipped with munitions and food, it could resist for a month and a half, quartering 30 companies of soldiers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meter
The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium. The metre was originally defined in 1791 by the French National Assembly as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle, so the Earth's polar circumference is approximately . In 1799, the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar. The bar used was changed in 1889, and in 1960 the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. The current definition was adopted in 1983 and modified slightly in 2002 to clarify that the metre is a measure of proper length. From 1983 until 2019, the metre was formally defined as the length of the path t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donjon
A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the castle fall to an adversary. The first keeps were made of timber and formed a key part of the motte-and-bailey castles that emerged in Normandy and County of Anjou, Anjou during the 10th century; the design spread to England, Portugal, south Italy and Sicily. As a result of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, use spread into Wales during the second half of the 11th century and into Ireland in the 1170s. The Anglo-Normans and French rulers began to build stone keeps during the 10th and 11th centuries, including Norman keeps, with a square or rectangular design, and circular shell keeps. Stone keeps carried considerable political as well as military importance and could take a dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accesso Alle Prigioni Del Castello Dei Ventimiglia (1967)
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Castello Ventimiglia Sul Monte Bonifato - Tratto Delle Mura Occidentali E La Torre Di Sud-ovest (agosto 1966)
Castello may refer to: Places *Municipalities of San Marino, known as Castello in Italian *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 *Città di Castello, a town in Umbria, Italy Other *Roman Catholic Diocese of Castello, a former diocese based in Venice *Castello (surname) *Castello cheeses See also *Castell (other) *Castella (other) *Castelli (other) * Castellón (other) *Castells (other) Castells () is a Catalan name, the plural form of Castell (castle). It may refer to: * Castells (surname) * The Castells, American early 1960s pop band * '' Castells'', the Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II (, , , ; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. He was the son of Emperor Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty (the second son of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa) and Queen Constance I of Sicily of the Hauteville dynasty. Frederick was one of the most powerful figures of the Middle Ages and ruled a vast area, beginning with Sicily and stretching through Italy all the way north to Germany. Viewing himself as a direct successor to the Roman emperors of antiquity, he was Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of the Romans from his papal coronation in 1220 until his death; he was also a claimant to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215. As such, he was King of Germany, King of Italy, of Italy, and King of Burgundy, of Burgundy. At the age of three, he was crowned King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarnieri Ventimiglia
Guarnieri is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adriano Guarnieri (1914–1983), Italian alpine skier * Adriano Guarnieri (composer) (born 1947), Italian classical composer *Adriano Guarnieri (born 1979), Eye doctor and researcher *Albert Guarnieri (1899–1980), American football player *Albina Guarnieri (born 1953), Italian-born Canadian politician *Anna Maria Guarnieri (born 1933), Italian actress *Antonio Guarnieri (1880–1952), Italian classical cellist and conductor *Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993), Brazilian composer * Danilo Caro Guarnieri (born 1965), Colombian trap shooter *Ennio Guarnieri (1930–2019), Italian cinematographer *Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006), Brazilian actor, lyricist, poet and playwright *Giuseppe Guarnieri (1856–1918), Italian physician *Jacopo Guarnieri (born 1987), Italian cyclist *Johnny Guarnieri (1917–1985), American musician * Luiz Carlos Guarnieri (born 1971), Brazilian footballer * Rodolfo Guarnieri (1927– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Ventimiglia
Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from '' Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri (French), Enrique (Spanish), Henrique (Portuguese) and Hendrik (Dutch). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Enrico Albertosi (born 1939), Italian former football goalkeeper * Enrico Alfonso (born 1988), Italian football player * Enrico Alvino (1808–1872), Italian architect and urban designer * Enrico Annoni (born 1966), retired Italian professional footballer * Enrico Arrigoni (1894–1986), Italian individualist anarchist * Enrico Baj (1924–2003), Italian artist and art writer * Enrico Banducci (1922–2007), American impresario * Enrico Barone (1859–1924), Italian economist * Enrico Berlinguer (1923–1984), Italian politician * Enrico Bertaggia (born 1964), Italian former racing driver * Enrico Betti (1823–1892), Italian mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
