Thursday, November 12, 2020

MONTEROTONDO

Altitude 165 m (541 feet). 35,000 inhabitants

Since 1724 it was a feud of the Monks of St. Paul Outside the Walls, then passed to the Orsini and Barberini families

Duomo

Cathedral

1639 Domenico Castelli  (1582/1657)

"Madonna with Child and Saints" by Antonio Gherardi (1638/1702)

"Sts. Luke, Michael, James, Peter and Paul" by Carlo Maratta (1625/1713)

Palazzo del Municipio o Palazzo Orsini

Town Hall or Orsini Palace

Known since 1286, restored in 1629 by Domenico Castelli for the Barberini family

Former home of the Orsini, Grillo and Boncompagni families

HALL OF VENUS AND ADONIS

Frescoes with "Legend of Mirra and Adonis" about 1555 by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta (1521/80)

ROOM WITH SCENE OF HUNTING

Frescoes with "Hunting Scenes" 1581 by Paul Brill (1554/1626) with his brother Matthijs Brill (1550/83)

COUNCIL CHAMBER

Frescoes with "Perspectives" maybe by Michelangelo Ricciolini (1654/1715)

GALLERY

Barrel vaults with "Allegory of Dawn" maybe by Michelangelo Ricciolini or Giacinto Calandrucci (1646/1707)

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