{"id":1318,"date":"2022-02-09T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T17:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turismoaidone.it\/monuments-of-piazza-armerina\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:15:50","slug":"monuments-of-piazza-armerina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.turismoaidone.it\/en\/monuments-of-piazza-armerina\/","title":{"rendered":"Monuments of Piazza Armerina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Aragonese Castle<\/h3>\n

It was built in the late 1300s, during the reign of King Martin I of Aragon, who resided there for a long time, while the old castle, located on the opposite end of the hill, was dismantled and given to the Franciscans to build a convent. Like the castles of Frederick II, it has a regular quadrilateral plan, capped at the corners by massive asymmetrical quadrangular towers, and rests on a high base with oblique corner spurs, built later. <\/p>\n

Of the original building, significantly elevated with a triple row of rooms, only two remain. The entrance faces south and retains the remains of a small doorway. It served as a district prison; purchased by a private individual in the 1970s, it is now closed to the public. <\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The Cathedral<\/h3>\n

It dominates the city with its mass, which it announces from afar with its high dome.
Built between 1604 and 1719, it stands on the same site where the city’s mother church had stood since the 15th century, an elegant church in Gothic-Aragonese style, enriched between the 15th and 16th centuries with a superb bell tower and a Gagini-esque marble arch in the baptistery, but damaged by an earthquake.
In 1598, Baron Marco Trigona had made the Mother Church universal heir to all his assets, with the obligation to build a more sumptuous building. The task of drawing up the project was entrusted to the architect Orazio Torriani, who decided to incorporate the old bell tower and the Gagini arch into the new construction. <\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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