Visconti Castle Castelbarco - Cislago (VA)
Visconti Castle of Castelbarco Cislago (VA);
Cislago must have appeared to the Romans, which trace the origins of the country as a good stopping place along the road, starting from Milan and continuing parallel to the river Olona, \u200b\u200breached the Alps .. The lands of
Cislago are mentioned in the sales contract by which they were sold around all'807, the Count Palatine Alchera. And 'the noble Alchera which shall strengthen the area with well equipped to build a castle with towers and located near major roads and intersections of roads.
Ripped ... after a long struggle, to Della Torre from Visconti, Cislago followed the fate of the noble and powerful family in Milan, passing through successive divisions of its feudal heritage.
Following the devastation the country suffered due to the passage of foreign armies fighting for dominance in Italy and in 1510 was sacked by the troops of Charles V, who razed the medieval castle. The reconstruction of the castle that we admire today were started from 1620 to the Marchese Cesare Visconti and continued under his son and grandson Theobald Caesar III.
Visconti Castle Castelbarco
This was the most intense period during which the ruins of the old castle an elegant building was reconstructed from the most suited to a country residence with the three bodies that close to the east the large main courtyard and portico with double columns, while the two towers to the west contain the massive facade that opens onto a private garden enclosed by a beautiful wrought iron gate of the eighteenth century opened the way main.
The 700 'is the century that saw the transition from Visconti to Castelbarco , from the era of the transformations of the interior apartments of the castle , while external interventions are attributed to the nineteenth century, such as filling the moats and battlements of the towers, the construction of the garden and so on. Today the castle
is inhabited by its present owners who belong to the noble family of Conti Castelbarco . For more historical
: www.comunedicislago.it
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