{"id":27479,"date":"2023-03-01T09:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T08:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/fortress-and-court\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:43:23","slug":"fortress-and-court","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/en\/the-fortress\/visit\/ground-floor\/fortress-and-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortress and court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1677595952534{padding-bottom: 2em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; el_class=&#8221;order-lg-first order-last&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8 vc_col-sm-offset-1&#8243;][vc_column_text]The tour begins at the <strong>Rocchetta<\/strong>, built by the Contrari family against an ancient outer wall of the fortress. <strong>Used as a fort<\/strong>, in the past it had two drawbridges, one of which led to the hanging gardens carved out of the medieval ravelin. The rooms were originally not covered and were not lit by windows, which were not made until the 17th century. Slits used for bows, crossbows or artillery pieces are visible on the walls. <strong>Among the relics<\/strong> preserved in the Rocchetta today are <strong>a muzzle-loading cannon from 1819 and two pairs of bells.<\/strong> The recent restoration of the Rocchetta has made possible new visitor routes inside.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the Fortress, it is worth pausing to consider the <strong>Courtyard<\/strong>. Looking at the walls, one immediately notices the <strong>different building materials<\/strong> used over the centuries: the <strong>river stone<\/strong> of the oldest structures and the <strong>terracotta bricks<\/strong> of the later renovations, especially from the Contrari period.<\/p>\n<p>Note the two archivolts that adorn the entrance to the Rocchetta and the Fortress premises: the first with roses and &#8220;rocchi&#8221; surmounted by the Contrari coat of arms, the second with fleurs-de-lis and Estense eagles.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/xXtMH7CCxjs&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1677595952534{padding-bottom: 2em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;order-lg-first order-last&#8221;]<section class=\"br-slider inline-control\" data-columns=\"4\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"br-slider-header inline\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"br-slider-control\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"br-slider-control-left\" title=\"Previous\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-left\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"br-slider-control-right\" title=\"Next\"><i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"br-slider-stager\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"br-slider-gallery\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery-element col-lg-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"br-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"aspect-image lightbox\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esterno-01-ph-Orsini.jpg'); aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1; \" title=\"esterno 01 ph Orsini\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esterno-01-ph-Orsini.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"536\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"536\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esterno-01-ph-Orsini.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esterno-01-ph-Orsini.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esterno-01-ph-Orsini-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esterno-01-ph-Orsini-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-element col-lg-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"br-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"aspect-image lightbox\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/esterno-04-ph-Orsini.jpg'); 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aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1; \" title=\"interno 03 ph Orsini\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/interno-03-ph-Orsini.jpg\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"535\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"535\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/interno-03-ph-Orsini.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/interno-03-ph-Orsini.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/interno-03-ph-Orsini-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/interno-03-ph-Orsini-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-element col-lg-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"br-element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"aspect-image lightbox\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.roccadivignola.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Rocchetta_volta-scaled.jpg'); 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