Castro, Lazio

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Castro, Lazio was a fortified town in central Italy that served as the capital of the Duchy of Castro before its destruction in the 17th century.

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Label Occurrences
Castro, Lazio canonical 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former town ⓘ
fortified town ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
associatedDynasty Farnese family ⓘ
capitalOf Duchy of Castro ⓘ
controlledBy House of Farnese ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalSphere Italian Renaissance culture ⓘ
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
demolishedBy Papal States ⓘ
Pope Innocent X ⓘ
destructionCentury 17th century ⓘ
fortificationType walled town ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
governanceForm ducal seat ⓘ
governedBy Dukes of Castro ⓘ
hasLanguage Italian ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
historicalImportance center of Farnese power in central Italy ⓘ
historicalRegion Papal States ⓘ
linkedEvent sack and razing ordered by Pope Innocent X ⓘ
locatedIn Lazio ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Province of Viterbo ⓘ
locatedNear Maremma region ⓘ
border between Lazio and Tuscany ⓘ
namedAfter Castro ⓘ
originalJurisdiction Papal fief ⓘ
partOfConflict Wars of Castro ⓘ
politicalStatus ducal capital ⓘ
fief of the Papacy ⓘ
predecessorEntity medieval settlement of Castro ⓘ
regionNow Lazio ⓘ
religionHistorically Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousJurisdiction Roman Catholic Diocese of Castro del Lazio ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
successorEntity territory reincorporated into Papal States ⓘ
timePeriod Early modern period ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
urbanForm planned Renaissance town ⓘ
wasSeatOf Duchy of Castro ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duke of Castro → linkedCity → Castro, Lazio ⓘ