Castello di Trani, eine Burg, die in den 1200er Jahren an der Adriaküste in Trani in Apulien (Italien) vom Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, König von Sizilien und Herzog von Schwaben, Friedrich II. (1194–1250), erbaut wurde. Es ist ein schönes Beispiel schwäbischer Verteidigungsarchitektur, die den Kreuzfahrerburgen des Heiligen Landes nachempfunden ist.
2768 x 4168 px | 23,4 x 35,3 cm | 9,2 x 13,9 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
21. August 2008
Ort:
Castle, Castello di Trani, Puglia, Apulia, Italy
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Trani, Province of Barletta, Puglia (Apulia), Italy: the Castle (Castello di Trani), built 1233 - 1249 by Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily and Duke of Swabia, Frederick II (1194 - 1250), as part of a defensive system to protect his Kingdom of Sicily. Swabia was an historic region in southwestern Germany and the castle is considered one of the finest examples of Swabian defensive architecture. The castle was modelled on Crusader castles of the Holy Land, which in turn were modelled on Roman castra or forts, with a quadrangular base, reinforced by four square towers. It was modified in the 1500s, with the advent of firearms, by Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and in the 1800s became a prison. Trani, a town with a small harbour and important centre of the wine trade, is located on the Adriatic coast in south east Italy. It was founded by the Romans and later dominated by the Byzantine Empire and Lombards. It flourished under the Normans and Swabian (Hohenstaufen) kings of Sicily as a result of trade with the Middle East. The medieval part of the town includes the castle, built 1233 - 1249 by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, the 1100s Ognissanti Church of the Knights Templar, and the Romanesque-Apulian Cathedral, begun in1094 and dedicated to saint Peregrinus (Nicola Pellegrino), a young Greek pilgrim who died at Trani. D0706.A8442
