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    The Orsini-Colonna castle (Italian Castello Orsini-Colonna) is a castle in Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo). Castello Orsini was constructed in...
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    The urban center of the old city revolves around the Castello Orsini-Colonna (''Orsini-Colonna Castle''). To the east the territory extends to the villages...
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    Castello Orsini-Odescalchi is a castle in Bracciano, Lazio, Italy. It is located on the southern shore of Lake Bracciano. It was built in the 15th century...
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    located 7 kilometers north of the city. The Castello Orsini-Colonna was built in 1490 by Gentile Virginio Orsini, who had it built around a pre-existing medieval...
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    The Castello Orsini di Nerola or Castello di Nerola is a medieval, Romanesque-style castle situated atop a hill above the town of Nerola in the Province...
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    lake in Italy) and for a particularly well-preserved medieval castle Castello Orsini-Odescalchi. The lake is widely used for sailing and is popular with...
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    Castello normanno, Anversa degli Abruzzi Castello Orsini-Colonna, Avezzano Castello Piccolomini, Balsorano Castle of Barisciano, Barisciano Castello di...
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    was owned by Albe accounts, then of Tagliacozzo barons, then by the Orsini and Colonna until 1806, the subversion of feudalism The plan of the castle is...
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    21 January 2016. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rocca Orsini. "Il Castello Orsini". Comune di Scurcola Marsicana. Archived from the original on...
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    that time, the baronial residence was located in the Orsini fortress, which by then had become Colonna, and in a century would set out to become the present...
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    The Palazzo Colonna (Italian pronunciation: [paˈlattso koˈlonna, - koˈlɔnna]) is a palatial block of buildings in central Rome, Italy, at the base of...
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    Piazza Colonna is a piazza at the center of the Rione of Colonna in the historic heart of Rome, Italy. It is named for the marble Column of Marcus Aurelius...
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  • Pope Martin V, through Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna [it], also confirmed Orsini's possessions in the Papal State. Orsini was in the army of Muzio Attendolo Sforza...
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    children married into prominent families: the Colonna, Sforza, Borghese, Gonzaga, and Appiani. Her Orsini offspring became the dukes of Bracciano and their...
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  • Counts of Tusculum, the Frangipane, the Orsini, the Apostolic Chamber, the Caetani, and finally the Colonna, of whom it was a historic stronghold. Marinese...
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    Rome from 1107 to 1108. In the feud between the Orsini and Colonna families, they supported the Orsini. Their power was at its greatest when they achieved...
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    Vecchio Palazzo Venturi, Florence Palazzo Venturi Ginori Palazzo Vivarelli Colonna Palazzo Viviani della Robbia, Florence Palazzo Zuccari, Florence Palazzo...
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  • Duchy of Bracciano (category Orsini family)
    e il suo castello, Palombi, Roma, 1998 (in Italian). Celletti, Vincenzo, Gli Orsini di Bracciano, Palombi, Roma, 1963 (in Italian). Colonna, Gustavo Brigante...
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  • of his father, he was first at Tagliacozzo under Ascanio Colonna, and then to Città di Castello where he was introduced to the military career by his uncle...
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    Marcantonio Colonna landed at Gaeta and immediately went to Marino, where his wife Felicia Orsini and children were staying at Palazzo Colonna. The victorious...
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    in rivalry with the first generation of great Roman families, the Colonna, the Orsini, the Caetani and the Annibaldi, later being overshadowed by the emergence...
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    of Spain. In 1619 Marcantonio II married Camilla Orsini, becoming heir to both the Borghese and Orsini families. His son Paolo (1624–1646) married Olimpia...
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    metres (2,133 ft) above sea level. The castle sits on one hill (Colle Castello) at one end of town and the other hill (Colle San Marco) is where the old...
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    Via Triboniano; Warriors, e.g. Via Marcantonio Colonna, Via Alessandro Farnese, Via Virginio Orsini; Humanists, archaeologists and writers, e.g. Via...
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    Orsini Orsini-Colonna Castle Castello di Ortona dei Marsi Castello di Pereto Castello Piccolomini (Balsorano) Castello Piccolomini (Capestrano) Castello Piccolomini...
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    year. The building hosted many important families, including the Colonna, the Orsini del Balzo, and the Artus. In 1537, following the occupation of the...
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    (1262–1276) Giacomo Colonna (1288–1297) Francesco Napoleone Orsini (administrator 1298–1306) Giacomo Colonna (again) (1306–1318) Pietro Colonna (1318–1326) Luca...
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    Chigi Palace (category Rome R. III Colonna)
    Città di Castello was entrusted with the project. Aldobrandini already owned a property along the road that borders the so-called "Colonna island", connecting...
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    Marcantonio Colonna 1597–1608: Ascanio Colonna 1608–1633: Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese 1633–1642: Pietro Maria Borghese 1644–1666: Girolamo Colonna Federico...
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    Olimpia Orsini, daughter of Giovanni 2° Marquis of Lamentana and Porzia dei Counts dell'Anguillara Don Federico II (1585–1630): = Donna Artemisia Colonna, daughter...
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