Castello Estense in the beautiful city of Ferrara in the province of Emilia-Romagna in Central Italy
Ferrara grew into a cultural centre, renowned for music as well as for visual came to Ferrara from many parts of Europe, especially France and Flanders; Alfonso I, son of Ercole, was also an important patron; his preference for instrumental music resulted in Ferrara becoming an important center of composition for the lute. The architecture of Ferrara benefitted from the genius of Biagio Rossetti, who was asked in 1484 by Ercole I to redesign the plan of the city. The resulting "Addizione Erculea" is one of the most important and beautiful examples of renaissance city planning and contributed to the selection of Ferrara as UNESCO World Heritage married the notorious Lucrezia Borgia, and continued the war with Venice with success. Lucrezia, together with other members of the Este house, is buried in the convent of Corpus Domini. The most iconic building of the town is the Castello Estense: sited in the very centre of the town, it's a brick building surrounded by a moat. It was built starting in 1385 and partly restored in 1554 The church was built in 1135 by Guglielmo I of Adelardi The sculpture of the main portal is the signed work of the "artifex" Nicholaus, The upper part of the main façade, with arcades of pointed arches, dates from the 13th century, while the lower part of the projecting porch and the main portal are by Nicholaus. The recumbent lions guarding the entrance are replacements of the originals, now in the narthex of the church. The elaborate relief sculptures depicting Last Judgement gracing the second story of the porch above date from the thirteenth century. The interior was restored in the baroque style in 1712. The campanile, dates from 1451–1493, but the last storey was added at the end of the 16th century.
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Location: Ferrara Emilia-Romagna Italy
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
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