Arched entry of the castle
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Side entry of the tower
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View of the entry stairway |
View of the angle tower |
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View of the north side tower entry |
Bust sculpture near fireplace |
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Sculpture from the artist Dino Coffani from Montichiari
(BS) depicting Filippo di Cecchino di Messer Vinciolo dying at the
base of the tower |
| View of the sculpture created by Dino Coffani from Montichiari (BS) with an external view of the castle |
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Confinement wall |
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Inscription in memory of the return of Papal
States from Avignon to Rome |
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Plaque representing the year of the return
of the Papal States from Avignon to Rome |
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Plaque in memory of the siege at
Pietrafitta |
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Entry of the angle towery |
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Balconies above entryway
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Meridian with Benedictine saying
"ORA ET LABORA" |
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Angle tower access |
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Fresco above fireplace inside a room |
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Fresco inside one of the internal rooms |
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Fresco depicting the " battle of
Pietrafitta" painted by Pierluigi Garzetti from Montichiari (BS)
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Wall painting decorating the stairway |
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Medieval fresco depicting Madonna with Child |
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Medieval fresco - upper section |
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Medieval fresco - lower section |
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"O VIRGIN MOTHER, daughter of thy Son!
Created beings all in lowliness
Surpassing, as in height above them all;
Term by the eternal counsel pre-ordain'd;
Ennobler of thy nature,so advanced
In thee, tahet its great Maker did not scorn,
To make Himself his own creation;
For in thy womb rekindling shone the love
Reveal'd ,whose genial influence makes now
This flower to germin in eternal peace:
Here thou to us, of charity and love,
Art, as the noon-dat torch;and art, beneath,
To mortal man,of hope a living spring.
So mighty art thou, Lady, and so great,
That he, who grace desireth, and comes not
To the thee for aidance, fain would have desire
Fly without wings. Not only him,who asks,
Thy bounty succours;but doth freeky oft
Forerun the asking. Whatsoe'er may be
Of excellence in creature,pity mild,
Relenting mercy, large munificence,
Are all combined in thee"
From "Divina Commedia" by Dante
Canto XXXIII° Paradiso
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Internal view |
Internal view
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