N.B. In translating the text into English, there may be some imperfections. We apologize for the inconvenienceFeudale symbol of power that the Archbishops of Taranto exercised for centuries the city, the Bishop's Castle covers a total area of about 6150 square meters with 65 rooms. Made of tuff “zuppigno”, its construction dates back to the fourteenth century, witness the massive keep, the highest turris fifteenth aspect of the typical rectangular crowned twenty blackbirds that rises three stories to reach a maximum height of 28, 63 m. Altered several times over the centuries, the castle still belongs to the Curia and the Archbishopric of Taranto which has awarded the City Administration in use for purposes of Grottaglie socio-cultural.
Promoter construction was
Archbishop
Jacopo D’Atri
In his long reign (1354 - 1381) that he, as his predecessors, used to reside for extended periods in our town, in addition to College, had failed to erect and fortify the Bishop's Castle and the walls surround the entire village. Bloody and wrapped in mystery her tragic death took place in the shadow of the ancient manor house on the night of July 15, 1381 when, in the Land of Grottaglie, was brutally murdered with pitchforks. According to popular sources, the murderous hand was that of a country, such Biagio Annicchiarico, called "lu stuertu”, which would thus avenged the honor offended by the loving attention that, according to rumors of the country, the archbishop would have turned to wife after having had these infatuated. Other sources are inclined instead to political crime perpetrated by a faction hostile to the Pope and his followers. In the absence of a culprit to blame, to repair the wrongdoing, Pope Gregory XI ordered that, for many years, Grottaglie were to celebrate a Mass in the coming days.
Cultural Association IL BAGATTO – Via Madonna Del Lume 43 – Grottaglie (Ta) – texts by Anna Montella
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Promoter construction was
Archbishop
Jacopo D’Atri
In his long reign (1354 - 1381) that he, as his predecessors, used to reside for extended periods in our town, in addition to College, had failed to erect and fortify the Bishop's Castle and the walls surround the entire village. Bloody and wrapped in mystery her tragic death took place in the shadow of the ancient manor house on the night of July 15, 1381 when, in the Land of Grottaglie, was brutally murdered with pitchforks. According to popular sources, the murderous hand was that of a country, such Biagio Annicchiarico, called "lu stuertu”, which would thus avenged the honor offended by the loving attention that, according to rumors of the country, the archbishop would have turned to wife after having had these infatuated. Other sources are inclined instead to political crime perpetrated by a faction hostile to the Pope and his followers. In the absence of a culprit to blame, to repair the wrongdoing, Pope Gregory XI ordered that, for many years, Grottaglie were to celebrate a Mass in the coming days.
Cultural Association IL BAGATTO – Via Madonna Del Lume 43 – Grottaglie (Ta) – texts by Anna Montella
http://ilbagatto.weebly.com/ e-mail: ilbagatto2010@libero.it
