5150 x 3421 px | 43,6 x 29 cm | 17,2 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2009
Ort:
Montalcino,Tuscany, Italy
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Montalcino seems to have been founded in the first decades of the 10 Century by refugees from the town of Roselle and has kept its urban structure almost since the time of its greatest expansion and brilliance, in the Middle Ages. Its stormy history together with defensive requirements have combined to give Montalcino its picturesque setting. From the avenues that skirt the walls, there are views that could be paintings by the masters of the Siennese Trecento. Empty spaces, squares, gardens and rows of olive-trees and vines relate in a kind of counterpoint with tightly-knit streets and major buildings. The castle of Montalcino is practically intact to this day. Its construction was begun in 1361 on the southern vertex of the 13 C city walls, incorporating the keep of S. Martino and the S. Giovanni tower. Il Castello di Montalcino looks much like a classic castle enclosure, based on a pentagonal plan with towers at the five angles. The southeast tower is located beside the keep. The walls and the towers have still practically the complete watch-walk of the machicoulis in stone, supported by rows of brackets shaped like inverted pyramids. The northern towers are open on the side facing the courtyard. The castle also incorporated a little, ancient basilica that became the chapel of the fortification, and its remains are still visible near the northeast tower. On the south side rises the mighty Medicean rampart, added by Cosimo in the mid-16 C.
