CASTELLO DEL BUONCONSIGLIO - TRENT0
Renaissance Stone and Art - Northern Italy
For
lovers of art and architecture, watching over the city of Trento in
Northern
Italy's upper Adige valley is the Castello del Buonconsiglio which is
more of a city itself than a castle. It began its long history as a
collection
buildings along the walls of the thirteenth century town and served as
the residence of the princely
Bishops who ruled this northern Italian 
city below the Dolomites and
has become over time a magnificent
palace of art. The present appearance of the Castelvecchio (Old Castle)
built around the round
Augustus
Tower on top of the rock cliff is the result of the reconstruction carried
out under Prince-Bishop Johannes in the fifteen century, who commissioned
Venetian maestros to erect the internal courtyard with overlapping
arcades
and the great Gothic-Venetian mullioned façade window.
The
castle boasts excellent examples of art of historic periods from the
internationally
recognized gothic fresco the "Cycle of the Months" inside the
tower, to the Renaissance masterpieces of the Italian Master Romanino
which decorate much
of the castle. The hall cielings of staired Renaissance walks overlooking
the Venetian style gardens rival Florence and Rome. Buonconsiglio
Castle became the official Art Museum of the autonomous provice of
Trentino
in 1973 and is the main center for the other historic fortresses under
provincial administration - Castel Beseno, Castel Stenico and Castel
Thun
in the surrounding region.
The
art museum presents a major
exhibition of the renaissance art of Girolamo Romanino, the painter responsible
for the frescos which adorn
the walls. Romanino
lived here in 1531-32, working on decorations for the new Renaissance
residence then known as the "Magno Palazzo", for the Prince-Bishop
Cardinal Bernardo Cles. While Romanino's frescos will be its centerpiece,
the exhibition will also bring many other of his works to Trento from
museums and private collections across Europe. (See Brescia
Castle Art and Armor). © Bargain
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Castello
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