{"id":872,"date":"2021-03-05T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T09:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.castellodimaglianoalfieri.com\/?page_id=872"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:22:18","slug":"the-castle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.castellodimaglianoalfieri.com\/en\/the-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"The castle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE ALFIERI AND<\/span><\/span><\/h3>

The castle<\/h1>
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“TORT NE DURE”<\/span><\/span><\/h4>

The history<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The castle was commissioned by Catalano Alfieri (1602-1674) – who belonged to the Alfieri family of Magliano and Castagnole delle Lanze – who began construction in 1649. Unfortunately, the life of Catalano Alfieri ended tragically before the construction of the castle was completed: accused of treason for not being able to invade the territories of Genoa, in the disastrous expedition of 1672, he was sentenced to death and locked up in the dungeons of Palazzo Madama in Turin, where he died of a heart attack on September 14, 1674. In 1679, however, he was rehabilitated, after his accuser-slanderer had been executed by beheading in 1676.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carlo Emanuele, who was minister of the Savoy in Madrid, Paris, Vienna and ambassador in London, succeeded his father Catalano and completed the construction of the castle in the main parts, around 1680. His bust was placed in a niche of the grand staircase of honor with a dedication placed by his son Giuseppe Catalano Alfieri and Eleonora Tana\u2019s widow of Entracque.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Carlo Emanuele’s successor was Giacinto Ludovico, 4th earl of Magliano and last male of the Alfieri of Magliano and Castagnole. He was the third husband of Monica Maillard de Tournon: from a previous marriage of this with Count Amedeo Alfieri of Cortemilia, Vittorio Alfieri was born in Asti in 1749.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Giacinto Ludovico\u2019s death, the Alfieri of Magliano died out in 1797. The castle passed through various hands until the Marquis Cesare of \u201cAlfieri di Sostegno \u201c(lords of nearby S. Martino since 1615) bought back everything in 1843. He was succeeded by his son Carlo Alberto and his nieces Adele (1851-1937) and Luisa Alfieri (1852-1921) with whom this branch of the Alfieri also died out.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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ONE CASTLE, ONE COMMUNITY<\/span><\/span><\/h4>

Recent events<\/span><\/span><\/h2>
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