BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE
INTRODUCTION
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The position, slightly above the level of the city, is a clear indication of the purpose for which the castle was originally built: to protect the population. Where the castle now stands was once the...
CASTELVECCHIO PART1
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Our visit to the interior of the Buonconsiglio Castle begins in the oldest part of the monumental complex, Castelvecchio, within the crenellated walls of which you can see what is perhaps the most...
CASTELVECCHIO BISHOP'S HALL
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The Sala dei Vescovi, or Bishops’ Hall, is the largest room in Castelvecchio, decorated with portraits of the prince-bishops on the walls. Depicted here are all the figures who ruled over Trento...
MAGNO PALAZZO
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Of the four large constructions that make up Buonconsiglio Castle - Castelvecchio, Torre dell’Aquila (Eagle Tower), the seventeenth-century Giunta Albertina and the Magno Palazzo – the...
MAGNO PALAZZO AUDIENCE ROOM
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To complete your visit to the Magno Palazzo, I suggest you take a look at two particularly delightful rooms. The first is the Sala delle Udienze, or Audience Room
“Welcoming the prince’s...
EAGLE TOWER
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The architectural structure of the Torre Aquila, or Eagle Tower, as it stands today dates back to the 14th century, and is the result of a remodeling operation carried out on an earlier tower by the...
