BRESCIA"Lioness of Italy" : BRESCIA"Lioness of Italy" BRESCIA Leonessa d’Italia
Where is Brescia? : Where is Brescia? Europe
State:Italy
Region:
Lombardia
in the
North of Italy
Brescia:"Lioness of Italy" : Brescia:"Lioness of Italy" This name derives from a poetic creation of Giosuè Carducci, who wanted to define the leonine courage with which the city fought during the uprising of the Ten Days. He takes it to a renaissance of a great poet Aleardo Aleardi, who in a his song Aleardi called Brescia "Lioness of Italy"for the first time. The lion at the entrance of
the church
of Carmine.
Slide 4 : The “lions” in Brescia
Slide 5 : Lion on between X Giornate street and Paolo VI square
the Castle - il Castello : the Castle - il Castello
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Slide 9 : CASTLE ANCIENT MAP Bridge and the entrance portal
Governor's mansion
Small and large mallet
Drawbridge
Tower prisoners
Mastio visconteo
Mirabella tower
Tower of the French
coltrena tower and half tower
S.Mark’s Bulwark
road rescue
St. Mark’s gunboat
Grave of the martyrs
fortified corridor
Slide 10 : BRESCIA ANCIENT MAP The walls of the Castle Roman theatre Roman Capitolium The monestary of S.Giulia
and the domus Ortaglia
BRIXIA the Roman period for Brescia : BRIXIA the Roman period for Brescia At the foot of the Cidneo hill, on which was built the Castle in Medieval times, stands the magnificent Flavius Vespasian temple erected in Brescia, in the year 73 of our era. On 'paternity' of the Temple there is no doubt, since the pediment bears the following inscription: IMP. CAESAR.VESPASAINUS.AUGUSTUS. PONT. MAX. TR. Potest. IIII. EMP. X. P. P. CAS. IIII
CENSOR
A 3D image of the probably map of
Flavius Vespasian temple
The Roman theatre and the Capitolium : The Roman theatre and the Capitolium
Slide 13 : The Theatre
Slide 14 : The Theatre
The Capitolium : The Capitolium
The Capitolium and the forum : The Capitolium and the forum
S.Giulia : S.Giulia
S.Giulia - externals : S.Giulia - externals
S.Salvatore church : S.Salvatore church
S.Giulia - internals : S.Giulia - internals
S.Giulia-domus Ortaglia : S.Giulia-domus Ortaglia
the domus of the Ortaglia : the domus of the Ortaglia The Roman domus found in the Ortaglia (the garden of the nuns) of the monastery of Santa Giulia in Brescia were part probably north-eastern districts of Brixia, located between the Forum and the walls built in the Augustan period. It was precisely the construction of the monastery (which started in 753 AD) to ensure the survival of Domus that we can now see restored and protected by an ad hoc structure inserted into the frame of the Roman museum which was housed in Santa Giulia: in fact, the building of the place of prayer has preserved the entire area by the dynamics subsequent construction, hand real treasure. The district was traversed by the Domus decumanus maximus (now Museums street) and was behind the Cidneo hill : Due to the proximity of the monumental area of the Forum, the houses were to be used by nationals certainly wealthy, as evidenced by the abundance of floor decoration and parietal and use of quality materials and skilled polychrome inside houses, for a period we can date almost without interruption from I to IV century AD In terms of construction, materials and implantation of building, the two houses of Santa Giulia are no different from those of similar dwellings found in other towns of the empire, except for the lack of brick, low to the scarcity of quarry of clay in the area. The material of preference was the limestone and marble, expensive, was used only for the finest decorations Vittoria alata
Winged Victory
Piazza Loggia : Piazza Loggia
Piazza Loggia… by night and the massacre : Piazza Loggia… by night and the massacre
Piazza Duomo- duomo vecchio e nuovo : Piazza Duomo- duomo vecchio e nuovo
Duomo nuovo e vecchio : Duomo nuovo e vecchio
Duomo vecchio : Duomo vecchio A quick shot to the Old cathedral, in Paolo VI Square, next to the New cathedral
The palace of Broletto : The palace of Broletto
The Pallata : The Pallata
Vittoria square : Vittoria square
Grande theatre : Grande theatre
Arnaldo square and the Maddalena hill : Arnaldo square and the Maddalena hill
Cuosin : Cuosin
1000 miglia : 1000 miglia
Wine and oil: Franciacorta and Valtenesi : Wine and oil: Franciacorta and Valtenesi
industries : industries
Provincia: lakes and mountains : Provincia: lakes and mountains
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Slide 39 : Brescia video
http://animoto.com/play/DYPuB2IB7tE3MXhei0gdnQ
http://video.libero.it/app/play/?id=1dfb2ac2e559656b01ea312337798e61
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrLlxSU3pM&hl=it
http://video.libero.it/app/play/?id=641f81c2698b650d44637ea9c20d40b4
http://www.bresciainvetrina.it/bresciaarte/domusortaglia.htm
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