Castello del Buonconsiglio monumenti e collezioni provinciali

The Fortress: from the Court of Honor to the South Bastion

The residence, that presents now traces of remarkable pictorial and sculptural decoration, still dominates in all its complexity, the court of honor. Opposite, the ground floor rooms housed the kitchen; three rooms, together with those overlooking the court, also designated for every day activities, ovens, while the well, for the collection of rain water, is situated, in the so-called “Palazzo di Marcabruno”, in which the upper rooms today host temporary exhibitions.

Another building which leads to the South Bastion possibly had a judicial function. Among the powers of the castle nobility was that of administering justice; this is indicated by the two narrow cells.

Here there was the second medieval Castle of Beseno, then included in the fortified complex.

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