Der projizierte Block aus vulkanischem Felsen unterstützt traditionelle Steinbaumhäuser auf einem Hügel in Bomarzo, Latium, Italien, mit dem Palazzo Orsini, einem großen Renaissance-Herzogspalast, der in den 1500s Jahren für die wohlhabende Familie Orsini gebaut wurde. Der Palast wurde hauptsächlich von Pier Francesco Orsini erbaut, einem pensionierten Militärbefehlshaber und Kunstpatron, der zu seinen Lebzeiten als Vicino Orsini bekannt war.
4288 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
13. Juni 2008
Ort:
Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy
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Bomarzo, Lazio, Italy: a massive block of volcanic rock supports traditional stone rubble homes perched on a hilltop once occupied by a medieval castle that was converted into an impressive Renaissance palace in the 1500s for the powerful and wealthy Orsini family. The new palace, the Palazzo Orsini di Bomarzo was built over several 16th century decades. Its first wing was designed by Sienese architect and painter Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536) with later work carried out for the condottiere (mercenary captain), intellectual and humanist arts patron, Pier Francesco Orsini (1523-1583), Duke of Bomarzo, known as Vicino Orsini. Other architects and artists who worked on the palace included sculptor Francesco Moschino and followers of the Baroque painter, Pietro da Cortona. Vicino expressed his love for his wife, Giulia Farnese, by creating a terraced garden, The Villa of the Wonders, below the palace and then dedicating it to her memory after her death in the 1560s. The terraces host enigmatic larger-than-life statues and grotesque Mannerist artworks by architect and painter Pirro Ligorio (c. 1512-1583), including a face with a walk-in open mouth, wrestling giants, war elephants and the Casa Storta or Twisted House, built to lean backwards and with sloping floors. The so-called Park of the Monsters or Parco del Mostri is also known as Bosco dei Mostri (Grove of the Monsters) and Sacro Bosco (Sacred Wood). Bomarzo is a small town north-west of Rome and north-east of the provincial capital, Viterbo. The Orsini family sold the palace in 1645 and in 1836, it passed to the Borghese family. It now belongs to the Bomarzo municipality, which uses Vicino Orsini’s Gallery apartment as its offices. D0686.A8201
