ÿþ<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="background-color: #c0c0c0;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">MUSEO CIVICO - TORRE PALLOTTA </span></span></span></span></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><em><span style="background-color: #c0c0c0;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><img src="http://images.serviziadv.it/00037/altom_museo_1.jpg" alt="" width="177" height="213" />&nbsp;<img src="http://images.serviziadv.it/00037/altom_museo_2.jpg" alt="" width="166" height="213" />&nbsp;<img src="http://images.serviziadv.it/00037/altom_museo_3.jpg" alt="" width="172" height="212" />&nbsp;<img src="http://images.serviziadv.it/00037/altom_torre_pallotta.jpg" alt="" width="262" height="213" /></span></span></span></span></em></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">IL MUSEO CIVICO</span></span></em></strong></span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Istituito nel 1980 e allestito nelle antiche sale del Convento, &egrave; tra i pi&ugrave; prestigiosi Musei Civici meridionali. &Egrave; diviso in settore Medievale e settore Domenicano per un totale di 5 grandi sale.</span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Oltre ad opere dei maestri toscani del '300 (famoso il S. Ladislao di SIMONE MARTINI) il museo ospita anche opere di Pietro Negroni, della scuola di Antonello da Messina, di seguaci di Nino Pisano e Francesco Solimena ecc. nonch&egrave; una ricca raccolta di paramenti sacri, reliquari, croci astili, busti processionali ecc.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tra le opere pi&ugrave; importanti ricordiamo:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">SIMONE MARTINI&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Tavoletta in legno intagliato e su sfondo oro raffigurante San Ladislao, re d'Ungheria.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">BERNARDO DADDI&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Probabilmente opere giovanili di BERNARDO DADDI, altro noto esponente del '300 toscano, facevano forse parte di un trittico con una dispersa Madonna col Bambino.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">TAVOLETTE IN ALABASTRO (Sec. XIV)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Sono due finissime tavolette scolpite a bassorilievo, frutto (secondo gli storici dell'arte) del lavoro di artigiani di atelier francese o provenzale della prima met&agrave; del 1300.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">ALTAROLO CON STORIE DELLA PASSIONE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">L'opera &egrave; da ricondurre alla committenza della Contessa Cobella Ruffo, che agli inizi del 1400 commission&ograve; a Napoli questo splendido altarolo, forse giunto a noi incompleto.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">MADONNA DELLE PERE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Quadro molto noto tra turisti, visitatori ed appassionati d'arte per le strane caratteristiche pittoriche, viene da alcuni attribuito al Calabrese Paolo di Ciacio.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">MADONNA COL BAMBINO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Bella tavola cinquecentesca, &egrave; stata attribuita dai pi&ugrave; all'importante pittore calabrese Pietro Negroni.</span></em></strong></span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>TORRE PALLOTTA</strong></span></span></em></span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Alta circa 25 metri, dalla possente e massiccia mole, la Torre deve la sua origine ai Normanni, che quasi certamente ne edificarono il primo nucleo intorno al 1050. </span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">La Torre fu successivamente rimaneggiata da un certo Guglielmo Pallotta, signore Feudale, ed ulteriormente migliorata sotto Filippo Sangineto. </span></span></em></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: courier new,courier;">Caratteristica la bella bifora in pietra con arco a tutto sesto e colonnina prismatica. Dotata di cisterna per l'approvvigionamento idrico, fu per lungo tempo la principale struttura difensiva del borgo medievale. Abitata fino agli inizi del secolo, si &egrave; mantenuta in buone condizioni, pur avendo perso la merlatura. Acquistata dal Comune da privati cittadini negli anni '80, la Torre &egrave; stata restaurata ed oggi viene utilizzata come Pinacoteca, con sale e spazi utilizzati per allestire mostre e personali.</span></span></em></strong></span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&nbsp;<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">Altomonte Informazioni&nbsp; Tel. 0981.948804 Tel. 0981.948041&nbsp;Dista da Civita Km 35.</span></em></span></span></span></p> <hr />