WELCOME TO TRENTO! CAPITOL CITY OF ONE OF THE GREENEST REGIONS IN ITALY! LIVELY CITY, TRENTO HAS PLENTY OF THINGS TO SEE, AND IN THIS VIDEO I WANT TO SHOW YOU ONE YOU CANNOT ABSOLUTELY MISS: THE BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE!
THE BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE IS ONE OF THE MAIN MONUMENTS IN THE PROVINCE OF TRENTO AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST FORTRESS IN ITALY. HISTORIC RESIDENCE OF THE PRINCE-BISHOPS UNTIL 1803 IT’S MADE OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS SURROUNDED BY PROTECTIVE WALLS. CASTELVECCHIO IS THE OLDEST PART, BUILT IN THE 12TH CENTURY. THE MAGNO PALAZZO IS THE SIXTEENTH EXPANSION IN THE FORMS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, WANTED BY THE PRINCE-BISHOP BERNARDO CLESIO, WHILE THE BAROQUE-STYLE GIUNTA ALBERTIANA DATES BACK AT THE END OF THE 17TH CENTURY. THE BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE IS POPULAR FOR THE MANY PLASTERS AND FRESCOS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FRESCO OF THE LOGGIA OF THE LIONS’ YARD, A RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECE PAINTED BY GIROLAMO ROMANINO, WHERE THE SUN CHARIOT IS SURROUNDED BY THE ÀLLEGORIES TO THE SEASONS, THE SUN AND THE MOON, BÌBLICAL, MYTHOLOGICAL, AND ROMAN HISTORY SCENES.
TORRE DELL’AQUILA
THE BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE OF TRENTO IS POPULAR WORLWIDE FOR THE “TORRE AQUILA”. FROM THE LOGGIA BY ROMANINO YOU WALK ACROSS THE HALL ALONG THE PROTECTIVE WALLS UP TO THE “EAGLE TOWER” AND THE VERY FAMOUS CYCLE OF THE MONTHS, ONE OF THE BEST GOTHIC-STYLE PAINTINGS EVER MADE! ELEVEN FRAMES SEPARATED BY LITTLE COLUMNS MASTERFULLY SHOW LIFE AND SOCIETY JUST AS HABITS AND TRADITIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE LATE 13TH CENTURY. THE DAILY LIFE OF THE ARISTOCRATIC PEOPLE AND THE WORK OF THE FARMERS ARE SHOWN IN DETAIL AS THE DIFFERENT SEASONS OF THE YEAR GO BY.
THE BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE OF TRENTO WITNESSES MANY IMPORTANT HISTORIC EVENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ROOM WHERE ARE THE PORTRAITS OF THE MANY BISHOPS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITY, AND EVEN MORE AFTER IT BECAME PART OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE AND THE BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE BECAME A BARRACKS. RIGHT HERE DURING THE I WORLD WAR THE THREE IRREDENTISTS CESARE BATTISTI, FABIO FILZI AND DAMIANO CHIESA WERE DECLARED TRAITORS AND EXECUTED FOR BEING AUSTRIAN CITIZENS WHO VOLUNTARILY FOUGHT IN THE ITALIAN ARMY.
THE BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY INTERESTING THINGS TO SEE IN TRENTO. IF YOU WANT TO DISCOVER THE CITY OF TRENTO IN MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL THERE IS THE VIDEO WHERE I SHOW YOU TRENTO, THE SURROUNDINGS, THE CHRISTMAS MARKETS AND MUCH MORE.
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