Built in
the fifteenth century for the ORSINI FAMILY on the ruins of the fortress of
Giordano Orsini of the fourteenth century
The
fortress had been built in turn over an original nucleus of the twelfth
century, the Castle of Giovanni Concione from Riano
The
impressive building complex is located on MONTE GIORDANO (Mount Jordan)
artificial mound believed by some to be corresponding to the Amphitheater of
Statilius Taurus, which, however, was most probably built on the site of
Palazzo Cenci Bolognetti
It is
mentioned by Dante in Canto XVIII of his Inferno: From the one hand, everyone
has the face to the castle and go to St. Peter, from the other side they go
towards the mountain
From 1286
to 1688 it was the headquarters of the powerful Orsini family
From 1688
to 1888 it belonged to the Gabrielli di Regola
Since 1888
it is property of Taverna counts from Milan who still own it and rent for
receptions
FOUNTAIN OF
THE ACQUA PAOLA
Fourfold
basin within an exedra of laurels 1615/18 by Antonio
Felice Casoni (1559/1634) modified in 1700
AUGUSTA
TOWER 1880
MAIN FLOOR
Large
paintings including “Esther before Ahasuerus” and “Finding of Moses” about 1711
by the great painter from the Veneto region Sebastiano
Ricci (1659/1734) and other paintings by G.B.
Pittoni (1687/1767)
“The art of
Sebastiano Ricci from Belluno can be considered a true paradigm of painting of
the eighteenth century. Because it exemplifies what will be the constant
tendency of all the best painters, namely the analysis of multiple experiences
of the present and the past, extended far beyond the limits of their school, to
be summarized in a modern angle, both interpretative and technical. Such a
re-enactment of the still fertile seventeenth century matrices, implemented in
various youth travel with broad diversification, allowed him to make a clear
break against the now fruitless local culture” (Giancarlo Sestieri)
“Death of Virginia Romana” 1793/1804 by Vincenzo Camuccini (1771/1844)
Frescoes 1688/90 by Bonaventura
Lamberti (about 1653/1721) and 1812/16 by Liborio
Coccetti (1739/1816)
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