The day before yesterday afternoon I went to Crecchio to explore close to the places where the religious ceremony. In fact I already knew that the hall of the ducal castle, used as a ceremonial hall, It is very small, are only 30 sq.m., but I wanted to watch in person.
The place is beautiful, the entry of the castle with garden, the stairs to board, the museum of Byzantine art and early medieval interior, but the room is too small. Many celebrate the wedding in the atrium inside the castle. The interiors are all in rough brick, very typical. You can climb the tower via a spiral staircase in brick narrow: at the top the view is breathtaking
Crecchio (at the top the view is breathtaking), at the top the view is breathtaking, at the top the view is breathtaking, at the top the view is breathtaking
Crecchio (at the top the view is breathtaking), at the top the view is breathtaking
Crecchio (at the top the view is breathtaking), at the top the view is breathtaking, at the top the view is breathtaking
Crecchio (at the top the view is breathtaking), at the top the view is breathtaking, at the top the view is breathtaking,
Crecchio (at the top the view is breathtaking), at the top the view is breathtaking
Crecchio (at the top the view is breathtaking), at the top the view is breathtaking
Crecchio (at the top the view is breathtaking), at the top the view is breathtaking, at the top the view is breathtaking, at the top the view is breathtaking
Crecchio (at the top the view is breathtaking), at the top the view is breathtaking
Some historical information
The Castle, presumably built in the thirteenth century. around a more ancient watchtower, this “olive”, He began as a fortress and was later transformed into a residence.
The article consists of four buildings that define a quadrangle, open porch on two sides and characterized by four corner towers.
In September 1943, Vittorio Emanuele III took refuge in the castle before embarking from the port of Ortona. The castle, after successive transformations of the nineteenth and twentieth century, It was damaged during the last war and was recently the object of radical restoration; currently it houses the Museum of Abruzzo Byzantine and early medieval.
For more photos of the Castle of Crecchio Click here.
A 200 meters from the castle, in the medieval village of the country, There is the old deconsecrated church of Santa Maria da Feet dating back to 1500 and who now serves as the auditorium. This too can be rented (300 euro) for the celebration of a marriage by a civil ceremony or Protestant.
