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Garfagnana
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Castelnuovo Garfagnana - Country and ancient
castle of Roman origin
Origin name - "Castrum Novum" - Castronovo - "Castrinovi" -
Castelnuovo Garfagnana
First news - 773 Guntualdo builds a small
church (S.Maria and S.Benedetto) "On the spot Castronovo in Vico
Campulo"
Church - S.Pietro VIII century
History country - 180 aC. - The Romans defeat
the Celtic tribes of the Liguri Apuani and they build a small
fortitude that subsequently they turn into the small castle
VI century - The Byzantines commanded by
Narsete defeat the Goths and they occupy the castle "Castrum
Novum"
VIII century - Fortitude is strengthened and
widened
991 - The Bishop of Lucca Gherardo rents
houses and earths to the Gherardinghi Conti of the “Verruca”
XIII century - Lucca conquers the Garfagnana
and in the 1272 Castelnuovo Garfagnana she is inserted in the
jurisdiction of the “Vicaria of Castiglione”
XIV century - Castruccio Castracane builds
the boundaries of the castle and opens toward north a new door "Porta
Miccia", some years after her death Paolo Guinigi widens and
again strengthens the fortitude
February 3 rd 1430 the people of Castelnuovo
Garfagnana they ask protection to Niccolò of Este Marquis of
Ferrara
XVI century - The Marquis Borso of Este
strengthens and widens the old boundaries of the castle built in
the preceding century by Lucca
 1512
- The army of Pope Giulio II in war with the Marquises of
Ferrara invades the tollgate of Castelnuovo Garfagnana
The men of Castelnuovo helped by some
brigands rebel him and they send away the hostile army and they
again swear fidelity to the Marquises of Ferrara
Alfonso I of Este founds in Garfagnana her
"Province Estense of the Garfagnana" and Castelnuovo becomes her
administrative center
1567 - The Duke Alfonso II of Este to defend
the country from the raids of the armies of Lucca and Florence
builds more aloft a new Fortitude her "Fortitude of Montalfonso"
defended by 2000 soldiers
Castelnuovo Garfagnana remains under the
dominion of the Dukes of Ferrara up to the unity of Italy except
the Napoleonic period
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| Photo Castelnuovo Garfagnana Fortitude "Ariostesca" Fortitude n°1 - n°2 - n°3 - n°4 - n°5 - n°6 Door "old" inside side - external side Door "Calcinaia" Castle The boundaries of the Castle n°1 - n°2 - n°3 - n°4 - n°5 - n°6 - n°7 Door "S.Lucia" Bridge "S.Lucia" Church S.Pietro Bell tower |
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| The fortitude of Montalfonso | ||
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the beginning of the XVI century, with to spread some conflict
between the estensis and Pope Leone X the fortitude of Castelnuovo Garfagnana, for his/her modest dimensions and for the continuous demografic growth, happened in that period in the suburb, it was not able to guarantee a valid shelter to the population in case of a hostile attack anymore, the conquest of the suburb from the soldiers of the Duke of Urbino (1512) and some raids of the Florentines (allied of Pope Leone X), it pushed the men of the suburb to ask with insistence to his/her protectors the construction of another fortification, the application she was accepted in July of 1567 by the Duke Alfonso II (thanks also to the contribution of 30.000 shields, that previously the castelnuovesi were hocked to pour him). How place for his/her construction the small medieval country of Mountains was chosen, defended by a small fortification, that contained to its inside the church of S.Pantaleone (already existing in 1168) and that she will be open up to the XIX century.  Alfonso II man of weapons and holder of one of the most dangerous artilleries, entrusted for the construction of this imposing fortitude, his engineer of trust Marcantonio Pasi great expert in military constructions, that well she knew how to suit the structure for the morphology of the ground, realizing one of the more imposing defensive complexes of the Garfagnana, 1100 meters boundaries it defended from a series of ramparts, a fortress drawn more aloft in the part of the hill, there where the old medieval castle and a gunboat it rose (the Casamatta) they made her impregnable. her "Casamatta" a circular structure covered from once it contained the gunboat, the guns boast of the Duke Alfonso II, prepared according to a precise defensive scheme realized by the same Pasi, they represented the principal defensive nucleus of the fortitude, that had three doors of entry, the principal revolt to north dictates of the Capitan Rinaldo (the actual entry), Hands of the Capitan Terenzio turns to south and the Porthole of the Help small entry drawn to the basic dl rampart of the Help, that a steep but brief path connected with the suburb, offering so a fast shelter to the population in case of danger. Fortitude was never conquered and she remained under the control of the troops estensi (except the Napoleonic parenthesis), up to the first years of the XIX century when to contain the costs of its management was sold to the privacies, then in 1814 she will again be purchased by the government estense. Photo fortitude of Montalfonso Boundaries of surrounded of the fortitude n°1 - n°2 - n°3 - n°4 - n°5 - n°6 - n°7 - n°8 - n°9 - n°10 Inside of the fortitude n°1 - n°2 - n°3 - n°4 - n°5 - n°6 - n°7 - n°8 - n°9 - n°10 - n°11 - n°12 - n°13 - n°14 Ruins of the fortress of the fortitude n°1 - n°2 - n°3 - n°4 - n°5 - n°6 |
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