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GRADARA
After the power of the Malatesta and the tragedy of Paolo and Francesca that is consumed here in September 1289, came the Sforza Family. In 1494, just fourteen, comes Lucrezia Borgia, the second wife of Giovanni Sforza. The girl, there is always described as perverse and corrupt he was actually a cheerful girl with golden hair and blue eyes that underwent the influence of his father: the terrible Alexander VI Borgia that forced his young daughter to leave the former husband for marry again with another for his sinister intrigues. The spouses who did not want to leave Lucrezia ended, as we know, to be poisoned. In 1497, by Pope, was dissolved marriage to Giovanni Sforza, and he was spared because agreed to sign a document admitting (falsely) of being powerless. After a brief period of domination of the brother of Lucrezia, Cesare Borgia said Valentine, arrived the "Della Rovere Family" followed by the nephew of Pope Julius II, Francesco Maria II, then after the death of Livia Farnese, widow of the Della Rovere, the castle was administered by the Papacy
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The structure that we see today was built during the 1400 even though the tower of the keep, is much older. The existence of the tower has been certified since 1182 and combined with the name of Piero and Rodolfo De Griffo, the first feudal lords who lived in these places. The last decades of the 1200 Gradara passed under the dominion of the powerful Malatesta family, who were also lords of Rimini, and retaining their possessions until mid-1400.
The last of the Malatesta: Sigismondo Pandolfo promoted the restoration of the entire defensive system of its possessions were so built the ramparts and towers around the male and the palace and the three drawbridges that made the fortress impregnable. After the Malatesta, Gradara passed
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With the fortress walls are the most interesting and characteristic part of Gradara. Double ring encircling the castle in protecting and making impregnable the superb fortress. Are interspersed with square towers and around the circumference there are pathways needed to oversee the castle and the entire territory.
The walkways for patrol, now passable, allowing to admire the structure of the walls, with its loopholes and battlements, as well as a beautiful landscape. From the top of the walls looked runs free on green hinterland. Hilltops important castles once stood and now disappeared, like Monteluro, or fortified villages of Montefeltro, under the control of the homonymous family. You can also see the small villages of Valconca and the unmistakable outline of Mount Titano, a symbol of San Marino. Gradara from its strategic position overlooking the coastal strip, from Gabicce to Rimini and especially dominates a stretch of the old road Flaminia. The outer walls were built of brick hold on the various attacks that Gradara suffered in the last centuries, including the terrible in 1446 by Francesco Sforza and Federico from Montefeltro.
OPENING HOURS
Winter
Open daily
Morning: 9.00-13.00
Afternoon: 14.30-18.30
Summer
Open daily
Morning: 10.00-13.00
Afternoon: 14.00-20.00
Evening: 20.00-23.00 |
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Gradara
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