The XVIII and XIX Centuries |
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The splendid moment enjoyed
under the Farneses had brought Valentano to be inclusive in the Dukedom
of Castro (1537) and, therefore, to become its capital when for the disputes
between the Farneses and the Apostolic Chamber, Castro was completely
destroyed (1649).
The events of the following centuries record the abandonment of the Fortress
from the Farneses and its transformation in Monastery of Dominican Nuns.
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Valentano is
present in the Castrense Association in 1848 and therefore in the League
of the Communes of Castro opposed the temporal power of the popes and
wishing, in the spirit of that time (the Risorgimento), the union of the
separated small kingdoms of Italy.
Center of a garrison of Pontifical Zouaves, the country recorded the arrival
and the clashes with the Garibaldi troops in 1867. During the year 1870
while the taking in Rome was celebrated, the Zouaves set on fire, in the
principal plaza of the country, almost all the papers of the historical
file of the Commune of which precious and irreplaceable testimonies remain,
however together with the administrative papers of the destroyed city
of Castro.
Pictures
of the Scala Santa, see http://www.valentano.org/museo_scalasanta.htm
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