Altitude 375 m (1,230 feet). 5,500 abitanti
Mentioned in
the sources for the first time at the beginning of the eleventh century
It was a
feud of the Colonna family for a long time
Here was
born Pope Martin V Colonna (1417/31)
At the time
of Pope Alexander VI Borgia (1492/1503) the town was property of his son Cesare
Borgia
Here lived
and died Brancaleone, the knight who led Italians to victory in the Challenge of Barletta in 1503 against
French knights
Castello
Colonna
Castle
of the Colonna Family
Built in
the Middle Ages and rebuilt in the fifteenth century by Oddone Colonna
It was
enlarged by the Borgia family and rebuilt in the Baroque period
Façade on
the courtyard and fountain by Antonio Del Grande (about
1625/79)
It was
purchased in 1979 by the City of Genazzano who used it in 2000 as POLO
INTERNAZIONALE D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (International Centre of Contemporary Art)
NYMPHAEUM
Built in
the sixteenth century. Attributed to Donato Bramante (1444/1514)
It was
built in the Old Garden of the castle
to be used during plays
S.
Paolo Apostolo
St.
Paul the Apostle
Built at
the beginning of the thirtheenth century
Renovated
in the eighteenth century
On the
right side sculpture "St. Paul" of the fifteenth century
Vault
painted at the end of the nineteenth century by Cesare
Caroselli (1847/1927)
On the left
"Baptismal font" 1563
On the wall
medieval "Stoup"
In niches
above the arches of the nave and above the triumphal arch "Busts of the
apostles" sculpted during the Renaissance period
Santuario
della Madonna del Buonconsiglio
Sanctuary
of the Virgin Mary of the Good Advice
Mentioned
for the first time in the sources in the year 980
Rebuilt in
1356 and in the years 1621/29
Restored in
1844
2nd
RIGHT - CHAPEL OF St. THOMAS
"Charity
of St. Thomas" about 1630 maybe by Tommaso Donini
(or Luini) aka Caravaggino (1601/37)
TO THE RIGHT
OF THE MAIN ALTAR
"Crucifix"
fresco of the Roman school of the fifteenth century
PRESBYTERY
"Balustrade"
artist of the school of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598/1680)
MAIN ALTAR
1752 by Carlo Colombi
END OF THE LEFT
NAVE - CHAPEL OF OUR LADY
Fifteenth
century, with elegant "Canopy"
On the
altar there is the revered "Madonna del Buonconsiglio" a fresco of
the fifteenth century miraculously transported here from Shkoder in Albania in
1467
1st
LEFT - CHAPEL OF St. NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINO
"S.
Nicholas of Tolentino intercedes with the Virgin Mary" 1882 by Cesare Caroselli (1847/1927)
In the
convent MUSEUM with vestments, reliquaries, holy water stoup with a statue of St.
John the Baptist of the sixteenth century and several paintings of the
nineteenth century
Casa
Apolloni
Apolloni
House
Home of the
most beautiful houses in the Lazio region
Maybe here
was born Martin V Colonna (1417/31)
S.
Croce
Holy
Cross Church
Small
church dedicated to Fallen Soldiers
Frescoes
"Revelation" and "Our Lady of Mercy" of the first half of the
fifteenth century
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