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The Gradara Castle ( ENG/Esp)

The Gradara Castle ( ENG/Esp)

a month ago · 6 min read · Gradara

English

Good morning Hivers, today I'm taking you to a castle that I visited and which impressed me a lot in the city of Gradara, it was built on a hill near the old walled village in the Marche hills, known for the Dante's canto dedicated to Paolo and Francesca. But let's go back to the castle, beautiful, imposing and absolutely worth visiting both externally and internally! Gradara was the scene of clashes and battles between the papacy, the Marches and the adjacent regions. It was the property of the Malatesta family for a long time but was desired by various nobles precisely because of its strategic position and the strength of its walls, in fact it was owned by many families such as the Sforza, the Borgia and the Della Rovere. The castle can be visited almost every day for the modest price of eight euros. As soon as we arrived we were immediately struck by the grandeur of the castle and we decided to visit the inside too!


Spanish

Buenos días Hivers, hoy los llevo a un castillo que visité y que me impresionó mucho en la ciudad de Gradara, fue construido en una colina cerca del antiguo pueblo amurallado en las colinas de Marche, conocido por el canto de Dante dedicado. a Paolo y Francesca. Pero volvamos al castillo, hermoso, imponente y absolutamente digno de visitar tanto por fuera como por dentro. Gradara fue escenario de enfrentamientos y batallas entre el papado, las Marcas y las regiones adyacentes. Fue propiedad de la familia Malatesta durante mucho tiempo pero fue deseada por varios nobles precisamente por su posición estratégica y la solidez de sus murallas, de hecho fue propiedad de muchas familias como los Sforza, los Borgia y los Della Rovere. . El castillo se puede visitar casi todos los días por el módico precio de ocho euros. Tan pronto como llegamos, quedamos inmediatamente impresionados por la grandeza del castillo y decidimos visitar el interior también.

English

I'll show you some of the things that struck me most about the fourteen rooms that are inside this castle, the terracotta that you see in the first set of photos is by Andrea della Robbia and was in the chapel, it struck me because della Robbia is very also famous in my city of Pistoia while the second terracotta which has an almost oriental appearance is in the hall of justice, then obviously to stay on topic I saw some beautiful armor that seems to have come out of a film about knights.

In the second tranche of photos however there is Francesca's room, a tiredness inspired precisely by Paolo and Francesca, dress and furnishings are all inspired by Dante and Boccaccio and what they told of this story. The other poorer bed however is from the cardinal's room, a room to accommodate ecclesiastics.

In the third tranche of photos instead we find Lucrezia Borgia's dressing table located in the shell-shaped room of the same name and the photos I took of the finely decorated walls of the Sforzesco lion room, it is difficult to see but on the walls there is a coat of arms drawn with the lion, the painting is instead a tribute to the Madonna of Mercy.


Spanish 

Les mostraré algunas de las cosas que más me llamaron la atención de las catorce habitaciones que hay dentro de este castillo, la terracota que ven en el primer conjunto de fotos es de Andrea della Robbia y estaba en la capilla, me llamó la atención porque della Robbia también es muy famosa en mi ciudad de Pistoia mientras que la segunda terracota que tiene un aspecto casi oriental está en el salón de justicia, entonces obviamente para seguir con el tema vi unas hermosas armaduras que parecen sacadas de una película sobre caballeros.

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En el segundo tramo de fotos sin embargo está la habitación de Francesca, una habitación inspirada precisamente en Paolo y Francesca, la vestimenta y el mobiliario están inspirados en Dante y Boccaccio y en lo que contaron de esta historia. La otra cama, más pobre, sin embargo, procede de la habitación del cardenal, una habitación destinada a alojar a los eclesiásticos. En cambio, en el tercer tramo de fotos encontramos el tocador de Lucrezia Borgia ubicado en la habitación en forma de concha del mismo nombre y las fotos que tomé de las paredes finamente decoradas de la sala de los leones Sforzesco, es difícil de ver pero en las paredes hay Si bien es un escudo dibujado con el león, la pintura es en cambio un homenaje a la Virgen de la Misericordia.

English

In the photos below, however, in the first there are glimpses of the room of Sigismondo and Isolde which was previously a chapel and near the drawbridge, today it has rich, semi-lavish furnishings with long wooden tables and frescoes on the walls and ceiling .

The last section of the photos instead shows the ceiling of the room I mentioned before with two ancient and simple seats probably for the servants and the painting by Giovanni Santi, father of Raffaello Sanzio. Visiting this castle is like taking a trip back in time, diving into medieval, nineteenth-century, eighteenth-century and seventeenth-century history, a magnificent place full of history with many things to admire and see! If you go to the Marche region, don't miss the Gradara castle.

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Spanish

En las fotos de abajo, sin embargo, en la primera se vislumbra la habitación de Segismundo e Isolda, que antes era una capilla y cerca del puente levadizo, hoy tiene un mobiliario rico y semilujoso con largas mesas de madera y frescos en las paredes y el techo. .

En cambio, la última sección de las fotos muestra el techo de la habitación que mencioné antes con dos asientos antiguos y sencillos probablemente para los sirvientes y el cuadro de Giovanni Santi, padre de Raffaello Sanzio. Visitar este castillo es como hacer un viaje en el tiempo, sumergirse en la historia medieval, del siglo XIX, del siglo XVIII y del siglo XVII, ¡un magnífico lugar lleno de historia con muchas cosas que admirar y ver! Si vas a la región de Las Marcas, no te pierdas el castillo de Gradara.

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