{"id":6551,"date":"2021-08-20T00:03:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/raccuja\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T17:45:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:45:08","slug":"raccuja","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/themes\/mansions-of-the-nobility\/branciforte\/raccuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Raccuja <\/h1>\n<div class=\"testo\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/castello_raccuja_3__1__252x168.jpg\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" alt=\"Castello Raccuja\" align=\"left\">Acquired in 1552, Raccuja (now in the province of <a href=\"\/en\/territories\/regional-routes\/south-eastern-sicily\/1693-a-disastrous-earthquake\/messina\/\" title=\"Messina\">Messina<\/a>) <span>experienced a period of great splendor<\/span>&nbsp;under the Branciforte. &#8220;Under the rule of the Branciforte the figurative arts and culture flourished, monasteries were enriched, the town was given new streets and imposing buildings&#8221;. The Castle, built by Roger de Hauteville for defensive reasons, but transformed by the Branciforte into an aristocratic residence and a place of political and administrative representation, still stands. In 1812 it was transformed into a prison, and remained so until the sixties of the twentieth century. Recently the building, after decades of neglect, was restored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"\/en\/themes\/mansions-of-the-nobility\/branciforte\/butera\/\" title=\"Butera\">&lt;&lt;&lt;&#8212;previous page<\/a> &nbsp; <a href=\"\/en\/themes\/mansions-of-the-nobility\/branciforte\/leonforte\/\" title=\"Leonforte\">next page&#8212;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raccuja Acquired in 1552, Raccuja (now in the province of Messina) experienced a period of great splendor&nbsp;under the Branciforte. &#8220;Under the rule of the Branciforte the figurative arts and culture flourished, monasteries were enriched, the town was given new streets and imposing buildings&#8221;. The Castle,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7356,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11800,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6551\/revisions\/11800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalhistory.unite.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}