Paliano
Paliano | |
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| Comune di Paliano | |
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| Saint day | November 30 |
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Paliano is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy.
History
Paliano was the seat of a branch of the powerful
Prince of Paliano. Their fortress dominates the town. In 1556 papal forces captured the town, which was governed for a few years by Giovanni Carafa, nephew of Pope Paul IV, as Duke. His wife, Violante di Cardona, was the Duchess of Paliano celebrated in Stendhal's
novella of the same name.
Upon the death of Paul IV in 1559,
Filippo II Colonna by Bernardino Ludovisi, completed in 1745. In the 19th century the Colonna fortress was sold to the Papal States
, which used it as a prison.
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Robert Enggass, “Ludovisi’s Tomb for a Colonna Prince.” The Burlington Magazine. CXXXV (1993): 822–824.
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