Beseno Castle no.2 by sandra46
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A panoramic view of Beseno Castle from Beseno village. Many historical battles, from the wars between Trento factions with the Verona lords in the 12th and 13th centuries to the battle of 1487 between Trentino troops and the Venetians, as well as the armed battles between the Napoleon's French army and the Austrians, took place under this fortress. In 1973 the Trapp counts donated Castel Beseno to the Autonomous Province of Trento which carried out extensive re-construction works.
The most important battle was that of Calliano, fought on August 10, 1487, between the Republic of Venice's troops and those of the Bishop-count of Trento, allied with the Counts of Tirol and the Austrian emperor.The Castle marks the border between the Venetian lands and those linked to the Austrian emperors, and it was fought to control the Lagarina Valley and the Adige river.Even if led by Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona, a mercenary captain of fortune belonging to the Sforza of Milan, the Venetians lost against the Landsknechte, predominantly German mercenary pikemen and supporting foot soldiers, whose regiments were used here for the first time.Roberto Sanseverino, wounded and heavy with his armour, drowned in the Adige.
At the end of the 18th century, during Napoleon's Campaign of Italy, Beseno Castle was sieged by the French, but it resisted for many days, until the Austrian troops came to help the besieged Trento soldiers, and won. The castle has an elliptic shape and covers all the hill top; it is 250 metres long and 50 metres wide.
Unfortunately we were in a hurry and we couldn't visit it. Next time, I hope.
Thanks for your kind comments.
Comments (43)
Class panorama!!!
Nice shot taking it all in. Thanks for the history also. Interesting!
Impressive caste. Fantastic panorama!
What in interesting looking place. Am glad you at least got this shot.
Beautiful architecture. :)))))))) Love the beautiful lighting. :)))))) The details are amazing. :))))))) Wonderful info given. :))))) Most excellent in each and every way my friend. :)))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :)))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :)))))
This is a super POV Sandra and another wonderful history lesson!
A beautiful pano Sandra and very interesting historical information.
Excellent capture. erland
This photo makes this an interesting place to visit..but it would take hours to do it justice! The info re the history adds a lot to the image,
beautiful panorama, very nice castle landscape
A wonderful panorama - and thank for the historical records!! :o)
You did very lovely pic!
I've done comments alphabetically this time, but there was a several-day "drop-out," because I needed to rest. But that makes coming here all the more fresh. As I didn't comment on RR for months before I stepped down, I'm going back a ways to pick representative examples of what I've seen in that time. In your gallery, it's always more than what one 'sees', it's also what one reads. And somehow this shot fits perfectly with your synopsis of its war-torn history... The British comic, Eddie Izzard, told a joke that when Disney built their Disneyland in Europe, they said: "You better include castles---they actually have them here..." He was implying that, to Americans, castle are a uniquely European phenomenon. Yes, but in one way, no. The word "castle" (as I'm sure you know) comes from a root for "fortress" (castrum, though I don't know if that's the root, per se); and we do have fortresses in America---lots of them. Our corporate fortresses alone---midtown Manhattan is filled with them; and while they don't have armed soldiers inside, their activities in the world aren't so far removed from actual soldiers in actual castles...But the magnificent, terrifying, mountain-like and sometimes very beautiful castles you have in Europe---no, 'we got nothin' like them' for sure. These huge, fortified, walled-off behemoths are truly exotic to the American eye. And I wonder if they aren't to the Europeans', as well, at least to deeply curious eyes like yours. Somehow, when you do a series like this, it always feels as fresh as it is old. The battles you described...amazing that a single structure can be at the center of so much historical carnage. And for so many centuries! I realize that it often has to do with the land itself---the rivers, protective forests, ridges, mountains, etc---which may have been motivation to build the castle there in the first place. (If I'm saying this clumsily, bear with me.) The fortress becomes a focal point, whatever the political reasons. So your pic brings that out, by its pov and crop: a long/wide crop emphasizing the supreme length of the thing, as well as its squat height and immense density, bringing out not only its elephantine nature, but its stone-clad 'submarine' look, like it just came out of the water to bathe in the sun. So it feels like a huge sleeping beast between territories. It oozes a sense of "strategic importance" and impenetrability. Kind of the ideal fortress. And I can't explain it entirely, but your photography has always captured the essence of your words; and this shot captures the importance of this castle as a 'center' in the battles you describe. The crazed American general, Patton, claimed he heard the cries and whispers of ancient soldiers whenever he passed an old battlefield. I imagine he'd have heard all the battles you describe if he were here. Your pic feels like a snapshot of another age---several of your shots do. In this case, it's in the deep purples, the long spread across the whole frame, and in the trees below, which seem like a huge shaggy coat to shield the castle and keep it 'warm'. (Gettin' a bit anthropomorphic, lol. Bear with this crazy comment.) It's amazing to think that these structures were so fierce that their inhabitants could battle off huge armies---and prevail, sometimes---because they were inside that mountainous structure, high above the invaders. A fine shot which fits the narrative, and part of a series I loved. My comment's for all your castles, though I'll comment on one more, then move on...