Architecture and monuments

Petrella Salto. Fortress of Petrella Salto

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 31 January 2018; LAZIO • RIETI • Petrella Salto

The fortress of Petrella Salto has become famous for two acts of violence. In 1511 the Count Gianfrancesco Mareri had not met the promise of a...

The baronial palace, also called the Lower Palace, was built in Petrella Salto in the fourteenth century by Mareri. In 1532 the building was sold,...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 31 January 2018; LAZIO • RIETI • Petrella Salto

Maoli Palace was built in the seventeenth century in Petrella Salto, together with the church of St. Andrew, by the merchant family, Novelli. The...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 31 January 2018; LAZIO • RIETI • Orvinio

The church of St. James was built in Orvinio in 1612 at the behest of Baron James Muti and built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The plan of the building...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 31 January 2018; LAZIO • RIETI • Orvinio

The baronial palace of the Marquis Malvezzi-Campeggi was born from the transformation of the original fortified castle around which the village of...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 31 January 2018; LAZIO • RIETI • Montopoli di Sabina

The library of Montopoli di Sabina is located in the former church of Saint Sebastian in Pretoriolo that dates back to the X-XI century. The...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 31 January 2018; LAZIO • RIETI • Montopoli di Sabina

The massive Ugonesca tower was built by Ugo I the abbot of Farfa around the year 1000. It was is the first nucleus of the village of Montopoli di...

: Benedicta Lee; Category: Architecture and monuments; 31 January 2018; LAZIO • RIETI • Monteleone Sabino

The original fortified nucleus of Montenero Sabino occupied the high ground on which the Orsini castle stands, and later the walls were...