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Castiglione del Lago is a town with a population of 14,186 (2001) people in the Province of Perugia of Umbria, on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. Orvieto is 59 km. south, Chiusi is 21 km. to the west, Arezzo is 56 km. to the north, Cortona is 21 km. to the north and Perugia is 47 km. to the north east. Perugia (It. ...
Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ...
Lake Trasimeno aka Lago Trasimeno, is the largest lake in peninsular Italy with a surface area of 128 km/sq, just slightly less than that of Lake Como. ...
The site of Orvieto is an Etruscan acropolis. ...
Church of Santa Maria della Pieve Arezzo is an old city in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. ...
André Rieu Concert in Piazza Della Republica, Cortona Cortona is a small town in Tuscany, Italy. ...
Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ...
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Castiglione del Lago, has evolved on what used to be an island - the fourth island of Lake Trasimeno, in its south west region. Over the centuries, as the town grew, the flat gap between the island and the shore was filled with piazzi, houses, churches, and other buildings. Lake Trasimeno aka Lago Trasimeno, is the largest lake in peninsular Italy with a surface area of 128 km/sq, just slightly less than that of Lake Como. ...
The newest parts of the city are at some distance from the old, so the centro storico of Castiglione del Lago is a well preserved medieval locality that seems to be governed by a "law of threes". In the town walls there are three gates, inside the town there are three piazzi and three churches.
Early history The Castiglione del Lago lies on the once important highway between Orvieto to the south, Chiusi to the west, and Arezzo to the north. Its position in this hotly disputed territory, pitting Etruscans against Romans, and later Tuscans against Perugians, inevitably brought a long cycle of death and destruction to the town. The original fortifications were destroyed and rebuilt on numerous occasions. The site of Orvieto is an Etruscan acropolis. ...
Chiusi (Etruscan Clevsin) is a town and comune in Siena province, Tuscany. ...
Church of Santa Maria della Pieve Arezzo is an old city in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. ...
It was only during the reign of Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor that a period of relative stability ensued. It was he who ordered the building of the Castello del Leone - the Fortress of the Lion - during the 13th Century. The pentagonal-shaped castle, was completed in 1247 AD by the monk-architect Elia from Cortona. See: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250, king 1211/12-1250, emperor since 1220) Frederick II of Austria (?-1246, duke of Austria 1230-1246) Frederick II of Sicily (1272-1337) - who called himself Frederick III - see the article for details. ...
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The castle features square towers in four of its corners and a triangular (there's the number 3 again) shaped bastion, or donjon, known as the Mastio in the other. The castle was designed to give its owners strategic control over all of Lake Trasimeno. It has fulfilled its purpose well: the castle has withstood a number of sieges over the subsequent centuries.
Ultimately, the city fell under the control of Perugia, within the Papal States, becoming the fiefdom of the powerful Baglioni family. In 1550, Pope Julius III bestowed it upon his sister. In 1563, her son, Ascanio della Corgna, became the Marquis of Castiglione and Chiugi. The fiefdom became a prosperous, but short-lived Duchy in 1617. Duke Fulvio Allesandro died without heirs and the town was re-absorbed into the Papal States. Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ...
The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, States of the Church) was one of the major historical states of Italy before the boot-shaped peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese crown of Savoy (later a republic). ...
Julius III, né Gian Maria del Monte or Giovan Maria Giocci (September 10, 1487 – March 23, 1555), was pope from February 7, 1550 to 1555. ...
During his Marquiship, Ascania della Corgna built a Renaissance palazzo, designed by the architect Vignola, that in 1870 became the Palazzo del Comune (city hall) but which is now a civic museum and gallery. This palazzo is joined by a long, covered corridor to castle. Renaissance era frescoes by the Pescara-born artist Giovanni Pandolfi and the Florentine artist Salvio Savini adorn the main floor inside. In 1574, the artist Niccolo Circignani, "Il Pomarancio", added paintings and other decorations to one of the most interesting rooms in the palazzo, the so-called Room of the Exploits of the overlord, Ascanio della Corgna.
The only other building of particular note is the finely stucco-ed Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, done on a Greek-cross plan. The church has a handsome, neo-classical pronaos and, inside, a panel painted in 1580 by Eusebio da San Giorgio.
Festivals and events Every two years, Casteglione del Lago is the host of the Coloriami i Cieli festival. The "Color the Skies" event is held on no fixed date in late April or May.
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