Coruña del Conde Castle

Coruña del Conde, Spain

Coruña del Conde village contains the ruins of an ancient castle, later converted for use by Castilian counts, which sits atop a hill that looks over the town. The castle has its origins in the 10th century, when García I de León decided to repopulate the Douro valley.

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Diseminado Diseminados 56, Coruña del Conde, Spain
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Founded: 10th century
Category: Castles and fortifications in Spain

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Inuga Ant (2 years ago)
El pobrecito está en ruinas. Una pena, porque se adivina que debió ser un gran castillo. De todos modos, si te pilla de camino está bien darse una vuelta por el pueblo.
El opinante diletante (2 years ago)
Queda muy poco en pie y esta muy descuidado. Pero es muy evocador con sus restos de torres semicirculares y de la del homenaje. Es el lugar drsde donde tuvo lugar el que se cree es el primer vuelo tripulado de la historia, a cargo del lugareño Diego Martín. Curiosa la vieja pista de fronton instalada en el patio de armas, todavia con pelotas incrustadas en la verja de proteccion de la pared. Tiene unas vistas esplendidas del pueblo, de la amplia llanura y de la gran colina o pequeña montaña donde se instalaba la abandonada ciudad de clunia. La subida es un bonito paseo, accesible tambien en coche
Tere Esteban Esteban (3 years ago)
Bonito, echo de menos el avión que quitaron
Jose Luis Vicente Rubio (3 years ago)
Lugar con vistas privilegiadas y zona muy interesante de visitar, tanto por sus bodegas, sus monumentos y sus gentes.
Rodrigo Dorado (3 years ago)
Pequeña porción de la historia de este pueblo, cuna del pionero en la aviación Diego Marín Aguilera, también podrás encontrar dos puentes romanos, una iglesia del siglo XVI un arco medieval y una hermita de origen visigótica, en todas las construcciones de la zona podrás encontrar piedras privenientes de la ciudad romana de Clunia
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Palazzo Colonna

The Palazzo Colonna is a palatial block of buildings built in part over ruins of an old Roman Serapeum, and has belonged to the prestigious Colonna family for over twenty generations.

The first part of the palace dates from the 13th century, and tradition holds that the building hosted Dante in his visit to Rome. The first documentary mention notes that the property hosted Cardinal Giovanni and Giacomo Colonna in the 13th century. It was also home to Cardinal Oddone Colonna before he ascended to the papacy as Martin V (1417–1431).

With his passing, the palace was sacked during feuds, and the main property passed into the hands of the Della Rovere family. It returned to the Colonna family when Marcantonio I Colonna married Lucrezia Gara Franciotti Della Rovere, the niece of pope Julius II. The Colonna"s alliance to the Habsburg power, likely protected the palace from looting during the Sack of Rome (1527).

Starting with Filippo Colonna (1578–1639) many changes have refurbished and create a unitary complex around a central garden. Architects including Girolamo Rainaldi and Paolo Marucelli labored on specific projects. Only in the 17th and 18th centuries were the main facades completed. Much of this design was completed by Antonio del Grande (including the grand gallery), and Girolamo Fontana (decoration of gallery). In the 18th century, the long low facade designed by Nicola Michetti with later additions by Paolo Posi with taller corner blocks (facing Piazza Apostoli) was constructed recalls earlier structures resembling a fortification.

The main gallery (completed 1703) and the masterful Colonna art collection was acquired after 1650 by both the cardinal Girolamo I Colonna and his nephew the Connestabile Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna and includes works by Lorenzo Monaco, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Palma the Elder, Salviati, Bronzino, Tintoretto, Pietro da Cortona, Annibale Carracci (painting of The Beaneater), Guercino, Francesco Albani, Muziano and Guido Reni. Ceiling frescoes by Filippo Gherardi, Giovanni Coli, Sebastiano Ricci, and Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari celebrate the role of Marcantonio II Colonna in the battle of Lepanto (1571). The gallery is open to the public on Saturday mornings.

The older wing of the complex known as the Princess Isabelle"s apartments, but once housing Martin V"s library and palace, contains frescoes by Pinturicchio, Antonio Tempesta, Crescenzio Onofri, Giacinto Gimignani, and Carlo Cesi. It contains a collection of landscapes and genre scenes by painters like Gaspard Dughet, Caspar Van Wittel (Vanvitelli), and Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Along with the possessions of the Doria-Pamphilij and Pallavacini-Rospigliosi families, this is one of the largest private art collections in Rome.

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