CASTIGLIONE
DEL LAGO
| .
Put here your banner
if you want more information,
send us an
e-mail .
|
|
. |
Castiglione del Lago
"Let's colour the skies"
Rocca del Leone
|
Castiglione del Lago
The town rises on a calcareous promontory, which once formed the fourth island of Lake Trasimeno (304 m a.s.l.). A number of archaeological finds bear witness that it was populated in Etruscan and, later, Roman times.
Today, the mediaeval circle of walls and the ancient castle are still well preserved, and connected by a long covered way lit by loopholes to the Cinquecento Town Hall, built over an earlier construction by Ascanio della Corgna, Marquis of Castiglione and Chiugi, nephew of Pope Julius III. He distinguished himself as one of the most valiant commanders during the battle of Lepanto in 1571.
The main floor of the palace houses frescoes painted in the second half of the Cinquecento, in the Roman Renaissance style, by Giovanni Pandolfi from Pescara and the Florentine Salvio Savini.
In the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, of Greek-cross plan, with fine stucco-work by Piervittori and a neoclassic pronaos, a panel by Eusebio da San Giorgio (1580) may be seen. Every two years, the international kite-fliers' meeting is held here, called "Let's colour the skies".
worth seeing …
Rocca del Leone (The Lion Fortress)
Completed in 1247, probably to the plain of friar Elia Coppi, it is in the form of a pentagon with four corner towers, plus the Mastio, triangular in shape. The building, one of the finest examples of medieval military architecture in Umbria, is located on a chalky promontory, providing complete domination over Trasimeno.
Palazzo della Corgna (The Della Corgna Palace)
The building, planned by the Arch. Alessi, is tucked between the Baglioni houses and the preexisting walls of the town. The proximity of the Palace to the Rocca, (the two are connected by a charming passageway), confers on the complex a typically feudal character. Notable among the important features is the extensive pictorial interior decoration, begun by Niccolò Circignani (known as "Il Pomarancio") in 1574 in the Room of the Exploits of Ascanio della Corgna.
|
|