Caracciolo Castle
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 Caracciolo Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Castello di Tocco da Casauria | |
| Creation time : | 1187-1220 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | expired | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Tocco da Casauria | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 12 '48 " N , 13 ° 54' 43.1" E | |
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The Castello Caracciolo is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the slopes of Monte Morrone above the Italian municipality of Tocco da Casauria in the province of Pescara .
history
The first historical source for the existence of the castle is the Chronicon Casauriense , who attributed the construction to the successors of Girardo , a lord from Popoli , to usurp the ownership of the abbey church of San Clemente a Casauria . In the battles that followed, the first building was destroyed by the abbot Adamo .
The second building, which Frederick II had erected between 1187 and 1220, was destroyed again in the earthquake in central and southern Italy in 1456, subsequently rebuilt by the De Tortis , lords of Tocco da Casauria, and remained until the end of the 15th century in their possession.
Other families who followed the De Tortis were the Caracciolos , D'Affittos and Pinellis , who gradually transformed the castle into a fortified palace . Today the castle is in a state of disrepair, belongs to the Scali-Caracciolo family and can be visited on request.
description
The castle consists of four structures, which are grouped around an inner courtyard; there are corner towers at the four corners. In the east tower is the "Carcere della Lombarda" (Eng .: prison of the Lombardy).
The building has a sloping basement, which reaches about half the height of the walls. There a cornice divides the sloping part from the vertical part of the walls. Along the basement you can see loopholes , whereas in the upper part of the walls there are rectangular windows with ornate frame.
The upper part of the walls forms a parapet opposite an inner battlement . The south tower still has Ghibelline battlements , which should actually be present on all four towers. In the south-east facade is the entrance gate with a pointed arch supported by capitals in the Renaissance style . On the left of the gate there is a stairway, while on the right there is an inclined plane for the carts.
Individual evidence
- ^ Castello di Tocco da Casauria . Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
swell
- Marialuce Latini: Guide ai Castelli d'Abruzzo . Carsa, Pescara 2000. ISBN 88-85854-87-7 . P. 118: Tocco da Casauria (PE), Il castello .
