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Antonio Castellon (2 years ago)
Very strange place, it has a good potential as a touristic place but they didn't invest and prepare enough what they have. (1) missing smiles to visitors (2) include explanations for each picture (more than just the time when Leonardo did it) (3) include English as well (everything was only in Italian (4) video Exposition requires more bright or less illumination, it was impossible to watch anything. (5) it was no explanation of the constructions prototypes at all (6) maintenance in general in the castle was veeeeery poor... Missing restores of painted walls, everything was practically in nude bricks (what it was not the original shape of the castle) It's a pity because the place can be really a nice touristic place helping to increase the economy of the village.
Very strange place, it has a good potential as a touristic place but they didn't invest and prepare enough what they have. (1) missing smiles to visitors (2) include explanations for each picture (more than just the time when Leonardo did it) (3) include English as well (everything was only in Italian (4) video Exposition requires more bright or less illumination, it was impossible to watch anything. (5) it was no explanation of the constructions prototypes at all (6) maintenance in general in the castle was veeeeery poor... Missing restores of painted walls, everything was practically in nude bricks (what it was not the original shape of the castle) It's a pity because the place can be really a nice touristic place helping to increase the economy of the village.
Shinobu6a P (3 years ago)
Fun, educational, and beautiful place to visit.
Fun, educational, and beautiful place to visit.
paoloalberto filio (3 years ago)
Very nice historic site with a beautiful garden and directly connected to the plaza of the Duomo of Vigevano
Very nice historic site with a beautiful garden and directly connected to the plaza of the Duomo of Vigevano
Florian VI (3 years ago)
The group of monuments composed of the Piazza Ducale and Visconteo-Sforzesco Castle as seen today, is the result of construction works which lasted over two centuries during the reigns of the Visconti and Sforza in Milan. This was the period during which Vigevano reached its maximum splendour, becoming the ducal residence and an important commercial centre. The town developed in a spiral around the castle which is one of the biggest fortified structures in Europe. Its core dates back to the Longobard era (VII-X century), whilst its transformation into a princely residence was instigated by the Viscontis (in particular Luchino Visconti) and the Sforzas, in particular Ludovico il Moro. Artists such as Bramante, and, it is thought, also Leonardo, contributed to its construction. Work on the castle was completed between 1492 and 1494. Following the end of the Sforzesca dynasty (1535) the castle passed into Spanish hands and began a slow decline. In 1696 the plenipotentiaries of the European governments, who had assembled to sign a peace treaty for Vigevano declared the castle to be unfit for use and when it became the headquarters of a garrison of the Austrian army at the beginning of the Eighteenth century, radical changes began to take place. Around the second half of the Nineteenth century it became the barracks of the Sardinian army and later of the Italian Royal Army and remained a military headquarters until 1968.
The group of monuments composed of the Piazza Ducale and Visconteo-Sforzesco Castle as seen today, is the result of construction works which lasted over two centuries during the reigns of the Visconti and Sforza in Milan. This was the period during which Vigevano reached its maximum splendour, becoming the ducal residence and an important commercial centre. The town developed in a spiral around the castle which is one of the biggest fortified structures in Europe. Its core dates back to the Longobard era (VII-X century), whilst its transformation into a princely residence was instigated by the Viscontis (in particular Luchino Visconti) and the Sforzas, in particular Ludovico il Moro. Artists such as Bramante, and, it is thought, also Leonardo, contributed to its construction. Work on the castle was completed between 1492 and 1494. Following the end of the Sforzesca dynasty (1535) the castle passed into Spanish hands and began a slow decline. In 1696 the plenipotentiaries of the European governments, who had assembled to sign a peace treaty for Vigevano declared the castle to be unfit for use and when it became the headquarters of a garrison of the Austrian army at the beginning of the Eighteenth century, radical changes began to take place. Around the second half of the Nineteenth century it became the barracks of the Sardinian army and later of the Italian Royal Army and remained a military headquarters until 1968.
