Castle Effect. Terranova Dei Passerini and Middle Ages Fortifications [Effetto Castello

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CASTLE EFFECT TERRANOVA DEI PASSERINI AND MIDDLE AGES FORTIFICATIONS Terranova dei Passerini – October 22nd and November 5th, 2010

What: Middle Ages history. Where: Terranova dei Passerini (Lodi, Italy). How: conference. When: October 22nd and November 5th, 2010. Info: mobile (+39) 349 2203693, e-mail [email protected], Web www.tansini.it.

Castle will be the topic of the Castle effect. Terranova dei Passerini and Middle Ages fortifications [Effetto castello. Terranova dei Passerini e le fortificazioni medievali] undertaking, programmed in Terranova dei Passerini (Lodi) on the nights of October 22nd and November 5th, 2010, Friday: a public conference which will point out some fortalice structures of the lower Lodigiano and their relations with the territory of Terranova dei Passerini from X to XVI Century. Starting from what might seem almost a contradiction – in Terranova dei Passerini traces of castles don’t exist, at least at the appearance – Davide Tansini (historian and expert on fortified architecture, associated to the Istituto Italiano dei Castelli and of the Istituto per la Storia dell’Arte Lombarda) will demonstrate how ancient medieval castles can become a fundamental main line to understand the historical and social evolution of a territory. During the conference Tansini – supported by another historian, Enrico Ceruti – won’t illustrate great and sumptuous Renaissance manors, but Po Valley central Middle Ages fortifications, sometimes not very known and wide: castles now transformed (Castiglione d’Adda), replaced by other structure (Camairago, Cavacurta, Maleo), only in

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The Castle effect. Terranova dei Passerini and Middle Ages fortifications will develop itself in Terranova dei Passerini (Lodi) on October 22nd and November 5th, 2010, Friday, starting at 21:00 by the Sala Polifunzionale of the Commune (Fornaci hamlet – 2, Via Brera). Free and gratis participation. The undertaking will take place in a covered and heated room. Duration: about 60 minutes. The night of November 5th’s a repeat performance of the previous. How to reach Terranova dei Passerini (Fornaci hamlet). - Car. A1 Milan-Naples («Autostrada del Sole») Casalpusterlengo exit; SS9 Rimini-Milan («Via Emilia») Bertonico/Terranova dei Passerini exit; SPexSS234 Cremona-Pavia («Codognese») Crema/Bergamo/Castiglione d’Adda exit; SPexSS591 Bergamo- Codogno («Cremasca») Terranova dei Passerini exit; SP26 Lodi-Castiglione d’Adda Casalpusterlengo/Terranova dei Passerini exit. Parking-places (within 200 m): Via Brera, Piazza I Maggio. The Castle effect. Terranova dei Passerini and Middle Ages fortifications undertaking’s organized by Davide Tansini in collaboration with the Terranova dei Passerini Communal Administration. It neither has nor intends profit-makings. Mentioned dates and places can undergo cancellations and/ or variations without Davide Tansini has neither obligation nor responsibility to forewarn. For further information about Castle effect. Terranova dei Passerini and Middle Ages fortifications: mobile (+39) 349 2203693, e-mail [email protected], Web www.tansini.it.

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