Castel del Monte, Puglia: window detail
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Artist/Photographer | Hance, Dennis |
Country | Italy |
City | Andria |
Subject Date | 1249 |
Image Date | 1990 |
View | Interior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | 35mm Transparency |
Library Reference | DHI270 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Dennis Hance / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Windows ; Castles ; Arches ; Palaces |
NOTES: This massive octagonal castle crowning an isolated peak of the western Murge, was built by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen c. 1240-1249. It was purchased by the Italian State in 1876 in a state of ruin and was thereafter restored.
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