Orsini Family - Notable Buildings

Notable Buildings

Apart from the Bracciano castle, other notable buildings and structures associated with the Orsini include:

  • The so called Park of the Monsters just outside the city of Bomarzo is a Late Renaissance manieristic garden gallery of sculptures and architecture commissioned in the 16th century by Vicino Orsini. It includes also a palace, designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi, begun in 1525 by Gian Corrado Orsini and finished by his son Vicino.
  • The Orsini Palace in Rome, including the Theatre of Marcellus.
  • Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti, also in Rome.
  • Orsini Castles in:
    • Avezzano
    • Nerola
    • Sant'Angelo Romano (15th century)
    • Soriano nel Cimino (built by Nicholas III in 1278)
    • Vasanello (12th century)

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