Castello di Pereto
| Castello di Pereto | ||
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 The medieval Castello di Pereto |
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| Creation time : | 10th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Pereto | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 3 '35.6 " N , 13 ° 6' 9" E | |
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The Castello di Pereto is a hilltop castle on the slopes of Monte Forcellese in the Italian municipality of Pereto in the province of L'Aquila .
history
The Castello di Pereto is strategically located to control the Piana del Cavaliere and Via Tiburtina . The oldest building goes back to Count Berardo dei Marsi who, in the first half of the 10th century, had a tower built on the spot where the keep of the castle was later built.
The complex was expanded in the second half of the 11th century when Pereto became the residence of Rainaldo, Conte dei Marsi . After Rainaldo died on the first crusade in 1093 , his widow, Aldegrima , moved to Oricola and left the castle to the Montecassino monastery . In 1097 the castle was included in a list of possessions that the abbot `` Odersio of Montecassino '' was assured in a bull from Pope Urban II .
After a period of decline, the castle fell to the De Ponte family . The addition of two square towers and connecting walls that breathed life back into the buildings of the Castello-Recinto can be dated to the 14th century . At the beginning of the 15th century the castle became the property of the Orsinis and on December 5, 1456 it was badly damaged in an earthquake that struck southern and central Italy.
In 1495 the Castello di Pereto fell to the Colonna family and during the 19th century the north tower was given to the Maccafani family , who sold it to the Vicario family in the early 1900s . The castle, badly damaged by the Avezzano earthquake in 1915 , was bought by Aldo Maria Arena in 1966 , who took care of the restoration and in 1982 received an award from Europa Nostra for the execution and quality of the work carried out.
The facility can be visited.
description
The keep has a square floor plan with a side length of 11.7 meters and is 27 meters high. It has five floors; The guard, camp and prisons were housed on the ground floor. The courtroom was on the first floor, while the lord's apartment was on the second and third floors. The top floor was used for viewing and defense.
The second tower on the north side also has a square floor plan, but with a side length of only 6.6 meters and is 24 meters high. It has five floors. The third tower in the southeast is 16 meters high and its square floor plan has a side length of 4.6 meters. It is not divided into individual floors and only served as a connecting element between the walls and as a lookout.
The wall on the southwest side is 23 meters long and 15 meters high. The main entrance to the castle is located near the keep. The wall in the east is 24.5 meters long and 13 meters high, whereas the north wall is 22.4 meters long and 14 meters high. Along their entire length, the walls have a connection between the towers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Castello di-recinto Pereto . Abruzzo region. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ A b Massimo Basilici (editor): Dai frammenti, una cronaca: Pereto: il castello . Pereto.info. 2006. Accessed March 24, 2020.
- ^ A b Anton Ludovico Antinori: Annali degli Abruzzi . Forni, Bologna 1971. Volume VI.
- ↑ Relazione storica di Pereto (L'Aquila) . Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ↑ Pereto - Castello medioevale . Archived from the original on May 28, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
swell
- Marialuce Latini: Guide ai Castelli d'Abruzzo . Carsa, Pescara 2000. ISBN 88-85854-87-7 p. 97: Pereto (AQ), Il castello-recinto .
Web links
- Comune di Pereto (AQ) . Retrieved March 24, 2020.