Castello Caldoresco ( Italian for Caldora Castle ) is a Renaissance castle in Vasto , Province of Chieti , Abruzzo , south-eastern Italy . It is a private property and therefore is not open to the public.
7-465: It was built in the early 15th century by the then-lord of the city, Jacopo Caldora , starting from a pre-existing large tower (which in turn dated to the 14th-15th centuries). Later it was modified and restored by Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona . The castle is located on a promontory overlooking the Adriatic Sea coast. It includes four buildings connected, within a square courtyard inside. Three of
14-473: A favourite of the powerful minister Sergianni Caracciolo . He was the Feudal Lord of Anversa , Arce , Bari , Campo di Giove , Monteodorisio , Pacentro , Palena , Trivento , Valva and Vasto . Jacopo was the son of Giovanni Antonio Caldora, and Rita Cantelmo, a noblewoman of the powerful Cantelmo Family of French origin. He had two brothers, Restaino and Raimondo. In the political turmoil of
21-577: A siege at Colle Sannita , near Benevento . He was buried by his family in a chapel of the Abbey of the Holy Spirit (also known as Badia Morronese), near Sulmona . This chapel and an elaborate sarcophagus was built by his mother for the family in 1412. His son Antonio Caldora was also a successful condottiero who later sided with the Anjou faction against Ferdinand of Aragon . This led to his defeat and
28-482: The Angevine army to victory. He subsequently continued to defend the Anjou cause after Alfonso's return. In 1431 he was sent to fight against the excommunicated Colonna in southern Lazio , but he was bribed by them and remained inactive. When his protector Sergianni Caracciolo died, and the marriage of his daughter Maria to Francesco Sforza was annulled by Pope Martin V , he returned to his lands. He died during
35-475: The four corners features a cylindrical tower, while the bastions visible in some parts are among the oldest features. 42°06′43″N 14°42′29″E / 42.1120°N 14.7081°E / 42.1120; 14.7081 This article about a castle in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jacopo Caldora Jacopo Caldora or Giacomo Caldora (1369 – November 15, 1439)
42-621: The period, Caldora later became a general of Alfonso V of Aragon in his conquest of the Kingdom. When the Aragonese troops were left under siege in Naples, he changed sides again, winning the title of gran connestabile from Queen Joan, and serving as assistant to the Kingdom's commander-in-chief Muzio Attendolo Sforza . When the latter drowned before the Battle of L'Aquila in 1424, Caldora led
49-567: Was an Italian condottiero . Jacopo Caldora was born in Castel del Giudice ( Abruzzo in present-day Molise , then part of the Kingdom of Naples ), into a feudatory family. He began his military career under Braccio da Montone , and, returned to his lands, expanded them by hiring mercenaries from the surrounding mountains. Called to the Neapolitan court by Queen Joan II of Anjou , he became
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