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Amantea Castle
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The Amantea Castle is located in the town of the same name, in the province of Cosenza, in the lower Tyrrhenian Sea of Cosenza. Dominating the coastal road and the road to Cosenza that runs along the
Panorama of the modern expansion and the castle cliff from the Church of San Bernardino da Siena.
Panorama of the modern expansion and the castle cliff from the Church of San Bernardino da Siena.
Church of San Bernardino da Siena (Amantea)
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The Church of San Bernardino da Siena is a Catholic place of worship in the Italian municipality of Amantea, in the province of Cosenza in Calabria. It is situated 34 metres above sea level on the str
Amantea Castle
…of Naples, on an inspection trip to the castles of his kingdom: the sovereign was welcomed by the castellan Giovanni Tommaso Carafa, and visited the church and convent of San Bernardino da Siena. During the brief interlude of the occupation of Charles VIII of France (1496-1498), the castellan Giovanni Tommaso Carafa had to side with the French…
The facade and the bell tower
The facade and the bell tower
The San Bernardino complex before 1905: note the bell tower, rebuilt with the small dome on top after the 1783 earthquake, and the entrance porch, reb
The San Bernardino complex before 1905: note the bell tower, rebuilt with the small dome on top after the 1783 earthquake, and the entrance porch, rebuilt in the same period with the central round arch, unrelated to the original Franciscan Gothic architecture.
The San Bernardino complex after the 1905 earthquake: in place of the bell tower dome, a terrace was built. Note that the facade has practically all c
The San Bernardino complex after the 1905 earthquake: in place of the bell tower dome, a terrace was built. Note that the facade has practically all collapsed except for the central pillar supporting the roof.
The San Bernardino complex in August 2007, or how the original 15th-century Franciscan Gothic architecture must have looked: interventions in 1953 dem
The San Bernardino complex in August 2007, or how the original 15th-century Franciscan Gothic architecture must have looked: interventions in 1953 demolished the round arch of the entrance porch, while the latest interventions in the 1990s have reshaped the bell tower in this way.