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)
Richardphotos
very impressive castle and capture
brycek
Beautiful capture and view!!
bebopdlx
Excellent capture.
durleybeachbum
It's HUGE! What a place!
jayfar
This is quite some castle. Super pano and info Sandra.
virginiese
excellent panorama Great historical place
0rest4wicked
Looks like the palace of castles from this POV!
Radar_rad-dude
Excellent capture, Sandra!
cricke49
another marvelous capture and history, love your castle shots and commentary, thanx for sharing!:)*5
bebert
quel joli panorama !!
Star4mation
Ace panoramic photo Sandra :)
soffy
Wonderful view and capture,excellent***
magnus073
Sensational work on this one Sandra, it looks even more magnificent in this view. Thank you also for sharing the fascinating history of this historic site
claude19
une magnifique photo panorzamique ! Merci pôur toutes ces informations !!!
drifterlee
Very cool shot, Sandra!
alanwilliams
a powerful image indeed
eekdog
big castle, lots of real estate there, love your pano shot.
jocko500
lovely shot of this place
jeroni
bello panorama
Faemike55
very cool shot and history I look forward to your chance to visit this one
bazza
Fabulous looking old castle Sandra I would love to visit all the old castles they fascinate me.. Just building them back then must have taken ages..
Chipka
I'm glad to see that the Czechs weren't the only ones to build really HUGE things and then say: "Oh, that's a castle." This one, unlike those Czech things, actually looks like a castle, and it's quite impressive. I love the way in which parts of it seemed sloped and almost organic; it's like they molded rather than set in brick/stone and mortar. Such places are endlessly fascinating, and somewhat more appealing when they smell like history (History smells like mold, and wood-polish, in case you were wondering.) And I can say from this photo and the information you provided, I must visit this place!
wysiwig
An impressive panorama of an impressive fortress. I imagine the peasents looking up over the centuries and wondering about life within its walls.
lyron
Splendid capture!!
renecyberdoc
i wonder iof the lords in this era had other "hobbys"besides battling each other in various contellations.very nice info.
dakotabluemoon
Very impressive capture and great history thanks for sharing.
UteBigSmile
Super Foto, schaut aus wie eine riesige alte Festung, die bestimmt sehr schwer einzunehmen war!!!
bobrgallegos
Wonderful pano of this beautiful castle and great info!!
Jean_C
Fantastic castle, superb panoramic photo!
Leije
your photo looks like a painting !