13-579: Bicocca , meaning a small castle located in an elevated place (i.e. a small rocca ), is a common term in Italian toponymy , It may refer to: Liguria [ edit ] "Collina Bicocca", a hill by Arenzano , in the Province of Genoa Lombardy [ edit ] Bicocca (district of Milan) Bicocca (Milan Metro) , a station) Piedmont [ edit ] Bicocca (district of Novara) Colle Bicocca ,
26-566: A castello ( lit. ' castle ' ). The rocca in Roman times would more likely be a site of a venerable cult than a dwelling, like the high place of Athens, its Acropolis . Though the earliest documentation is not earlier than the eleventh century, it was during the Lombard times that farming communities, which had presented a Roman pattern of loosely distributed farmsteads or self-sufficient Roman villa , moved from their traditional places on
39-459: A rocca : From the earliest stage, when church and rocca were the only stone structures, "the distinction between 'castles' and 'villages' is already one of degree rather than kind". (Ward-Perkins 1962:401). Their protective rocca has extended its name to many other small communities: castello [REDACTED] Look up Castello in Wiktionary,
52-777: A hill in the Province of Cuneo Strada della Bicocca, a road in San Giusto Canavese , in the Province of Turin Torre della Bicocca ("Bicocca Tower"), a tower in Buttigliera Alta , Province of Turin Sicily [ edit ] Bicocca, a district of Catania Tuscany [ edit ] Monte Bicocca , a mountain in the Province of Lucca See also [ edit ] Battle of Bicocca , fought near Milan in 1522 University of Milan Bicocca , informally referred to as "Bicocca",
65-453: A large branch of the University of Milan Battle of Novara (1849) (AKA Battle of Bicocca), fought 1849 Stazione di Catania Bicocca , a railway station of Catania Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bicocca . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
78-424: Is a type of Italian fortified stronghold or fortress, typically located on a hilltop, beneath or on which the inhabitants of a historically clustered village or town might take refuge at times of trouble. Generally under its owners' patronage, the settlement might hope to find prosperity in better times. A rocca might in reality be no grander than a fortified farmhouse. A more extensive rocca would be referred to as
91-640: The free dictionary. Castello may refer to: Places [ edit ] Municipalities of San Marino , known as Castello in Italian Castello, Venice , the largest of the six sestieri of Venice Castello , the old town center of Giudicato of Cagliari in Sardinia Castello , a neighbourhood in Florence Castello, Hong Kong , a private housing estate in Hong Kong A locality in
104-553: The fringes of the best arable lands in river valleys , where they were dangerously vulnerable from the Roman roads , to defensive positions, such as had once been occupied by Etruscan settlements , before the settled conditions of the Pax Romana . Historian J.B. Ward-Perkins made the following observation regarding the rocca at the town of Falerii . At Falerii ... the inhabitants simply transferred their town back from its Roman site on
117-421: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bicocca&oldid=821937489 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rocca (architecture) A rocca ( lit. ' rock ' )
130-403: The new settlement Agropoli (i.e., "acropolis"). Where such fortress villages were sited at the end of a ridge, protected on three sides by steep, cliff-like escarpments, the rocca was often sited to control the narrow access along the crest of the spur. Locally the term rocca simply designates the local fortified high place. Specific examples show the range of structures that may be called
143-522: The open plateau to the old cliff-top site of Falerii Veteres, to which they gave the significant name of Civita Castellana , or "the Fortress Town"; just as in antiquity, security was once again the basic consideration. Similarly, in Greek-speaking Campania , the inhabitants of Paestum finally abandoned their town after raids by Saracens and moved a few miles to the top of a cliff, calling
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#1732880574045156-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Castello . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castello&oldid=1185736591 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
169-904: The town of Monteggio in Switzerland Cittadella (Gozo) , a citadel in Gozo, Malta Short name of Castellón de la Plana , a city in the Valencian Community, Spain Città di Castello , a town in Umbria, Italy Other [ edit ] Roman Catholic Diocese of Castello , a former diocese based in Venice Castello (surname) Castello cheeses See also [ edit ] Castell (disambiguation) Castella (disambiguation) Castelli (disambiguation) Castellón (disambiguation) Castells (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
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