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The Origins of the family nobility Pens: Family Aliprandi

Coat of arms of the fam. Aliprandi

"The nobility in Penne was the importing. A local noble class did not exist, and Cultural Organization (Luca da Penne, Muzio Pansa, Giovanni Cola Salcon) was produced by the middle classes. A number of its origins . A little 'warrior is: it came to defending the party in the north-east of the Kingdom of Naples. Even in L'Aquila was coming to determine the same situation ". Thus saith Aleardo Rubini, about the nobility Penne in his book "History of Pens" in 1988, Fortunato Ambrosini Publisher - Penne. Among the families mentioned in the text, there are Aliprandi , came in the wake of Margarita of Austria as treasurers. The founder of

Aliprandi in Penne was John Fleming (on this point dispute, see also the article " orgini family Aliprandi " on this blog). "In the sixteenth century their coat of arms was a simple eagle crowned with the head turned to the left and the legs open. In the seventeenth century the original silver shield with the black eagle was put on shield gussets red and silver. The ; crest was reconstructed on a copy of the nineteenth century fresco under the main altar (see photo below) the chapel adjoining the Palace Aliprandi . A coat of arms in stone of 1648 is on the balcony above the portal Chapel ", taken from Capital Farnesiana Pens - The State Aprutino Margarita of Austria, Candide Greek - Cassa Rurale di Castiglione Messer Raimondo and Artisan publisher. A reconstruction of color on the blazon was provided by Dr. Daniel Aliprandi .

Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua

The Aliprandi palace in Penne gives the main facade on Via Martiri Pennesi and on the side of Corso Vestini. dates 1773, and was built on other existing buildings since 1600. The style is Baroque and the building is situated around a large courtyard which is accessed by a huge portal with a round arch, which is still visible family crest. The building has three floors, and had the classic division of the palaces: the ground floor stores, cellars and stables, upstairs private rooms to the servants and the administration on the second floor instead of the nobles lived. The palace is also called De Sterlich - Aliprandi because he married a De Filippo Aliprandi Sterlich.

the building adjoining the chapel which is first alluded, the work of Milanese Pitch and dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. At the moment, this gem is facing very bad conditions. Richly decorated, almost like a theater. Indeed the Church has an internal balcony that runs all around the perimeter and is covered by a dome, clearly visible from Castle Hill. The origins of

Aliprandi are traced back to the Lombard kings, particularly Liutprando or Hildebrand. Among the illustrious Aliprandi, just John, steward and treasurer of the Duchess Margaret, who was governor of Gregory and Penne Domenico Aliprandi, cavalry commander during the reign of Charles VI. It seems that this family, over time, has completed various works of liberality in favor of the poorer classes.

Sources: in addition to those mentioned,

• for the image of Palace Aliprandi, Amedeo Pomponi
• for pictures of the chapel, Carlo Pilone (under the Photo Exhibition Pens: The Sacred Places of ).
• Pens: palaces, elegance, nobility, nature, heroism ins. Lina Fernanda Marcotullio Frattaroli and in collaboration with the class B fourth and fifth A - AA 1987/88 School of Charles think of Penne.