Castello Piccolomini (
Italian
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for ''Piccolomini castle'') is a castle in
Capestrano,
Province of L'Aquila
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Abruzzo
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).
History
The castle was built replacing a medieval fort, of which remains the central tower. Several families, like
Acquaviva,
Piccolomini, and
Medici
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, modified the building up to the current structure, completed in 1485.
Now the castle is used as city hall and it was deeply restructured in 1924.
Architecture
The castle is made of two L-shaped structures, of which the larger one, facing south-west, contains the main entrance from the town central square. The internal courtyard, with a well in the middle, has the old medieval tower facing north-east.
References
External links
* {{cite web , language=it , url=http://www.comunedicapestrano.it/news/opuscolo.pdf , title=Cenni storici , publisher=Comune di Capestrano , accessdate=December 27, 2014 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815005943/http://www.comunedicapestrano.it/news/opuscolo.pdf , archivedate=August 15, 2014
Piccolomini (Capestrano)
Capestrano