TROIA (TROY)
(Sub-Apennines of Daunia)
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Located on the slopes the Subappennino at an altitude of 439 meters above sea level and frontage of the "Tavoliere delle Puglie", Troy has its roots in the history of the greek hero Diomedes, after his arrival in the daunian land . So the town was founded around the twelfth-eleventh century B.C.
Became a Roman colony under the name of Aecae. But at the time there was only a first draft of the village: on the same Roman citadel was founded in 1019 the new Byzantine Troy reinforced to defend against the Lombards of Benevento.
Became a Roman colony under the name of Aecae. But at the time there was only a first draft of the village: on the same Roman citadel was founded in 1019 the new Byzantine Troy reinforced to defend against the Lombards of Benevento.
In particular, please note the siege by the Saracens of Frederick II, who had their outpost in Lucera resulting in fire that destroyed its walls.
The city had a lot of importance on the religious level as Pope Urban II there held the first Synod of Troy, which was followed by three more under different Popes.
In centuries to come, it was a fief under various families, including Avalos and Guevara.
With the rule of the Bourbons, Troy remained loyal to them until the collapse of the monarchy.
In 1860 Troy rally in resistance against to the invaders of Piedmont, but Savoy managed to subdue it.
Troy is a small shrine within the towns of the South, which contains in itself various artistic treasures.
LA CATTEDRALE
The cathedral or Concatedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, puts its bases on a previous Byzantine building, which had been designated to a bishopric.
Its foundation dates back to 1093, is of Apulian-Romanesque style, but its construction was influenced by the spirit of Pisa and Eastern Europe. The interior has three naves, divided by thirteen marble columns, the plant has a Latin cross.
The decoration of the apse dates from the late twelfth century, while the transept date from the eighteenth century, due to the reconstruction made following a major earthquake.
But the real wonder of the Cathedral of Troy is its external beauty, the facade and the beautiful rose with 11 rays.
The top takes up the inner zone of the central nave with gabled roof supported by two large buttresses.
The facade, facing north, is divided into two parts: the lower part are decorative elements of Pisa marked by blind arches that seem Eastern Model with figurative and geometric motifs.
Here is the portal with the bronze door of 1119: the architrave has sculptures of Byzantine style representing Christ between Mary and Peter, the symbols of the Evangelists and Saints Eleuterio and Secundus, legendary bishops of the Roman city of ACAE, whose relics are preserved in church.
The bronze doors, executed by Oderisio of Benevento, combines chiseled elements; only the higher ones remain from the original , because the lower panels were replaced by representations of bishops in the Renaissance. These elements are frames, lion masks and winged dragons.
The south side resumes the decoration with blind arches of the facade with geometric elements of different colors.
The side entrance of the Church is its normal access, and has doors made by Oderisio in 1127. It consists of 24 panels, of which the upper 12 depict the bishops of Troy. Below there are lion masks holder-clapper and even further down we find the signature of the author.
The rose window of the Cathedral of Troy deserves a speech of his own, as it is an excellent example of sculptural drilling technique : it consists of 11 columns (similar to Corinthian style ) that radiate from the center of the same according to equal angles, and these are linked by arches that frame. 11 are therefore the cloves, decorated with different types of perforations themselves different from those of the arcs: it's a real lace!
At the center of the rose columns are based on a circle of stone decorated with scales, resulting in a "string that ends," "a snake biting its tail," ... a symbol of eternity, death and resurrection, Jesus same with 11little columns that are scattered representing the apostles without Judas Iscariot.
In addition to the wonderful Cathedral we should mention the Civic Museum opened in 1981 and housed in the ground floor rooms and basement of the sixteenth-century palace of Avalos.
It is divided into five areas: the contemporary era, modern, medieval, Roman and pre-Roman times.
Among the most important finds in it there is the Sarcophagus of St. Secundus from Constantinople (seventh century).columns and capitals with funeral inscriptions of the Roman period, the tombstone of Rubria Marcello (II-III century AD.) a lithograph of the embalmed body of Frederick II.
But the real wonder of the Cathedral of Troy is its external beauty, the facade and the beautiful rose with 11 rays.
The top takes up the inner zone of the central nave with gabled roof supported by two large buttresses.
The facade, facing north, is divided into two parts: the lower part are decorative elements of Pisa marked by blind arches that seem Eastern Model with figurative and geometric motifs.
Here is the portal with the bronze door of 1119: the architrave has sculptures of Byzantine style representing Christ between Mary and Peter, the symbols of the Evangelists and Saints Eleuterio and Secundus, legendary bishops of the Roman city of ACAE, whose relics are preserved in church.
The bronze doors, executed by Oderisio of Benevento, combines chiseled elements; only the higher ones remain from the original , because the lower panels were replaced by representations of bishops in the Renaissance. These elements are frames, lion masks and winged dragons.
The south side resumes the decoration with blind arches of the facade with geometric elements of different colors.
The side entrance of the Church is its normal access, and has doors made by Oderisio in 1127. It consists of 24 panels, of which the upper 12 depict the bishops of Troy. Below there are lion masks holder-clapper and even further down we find the signature of the author.
The rose window of the Cathedral of Troy deserves a speech of his own, as it is an excellent example of sculptural drilling technique : it consists of 11 columns (similar to Corinthian style ) that radiate from the center of the same according to equal angles, and these are linked by arches that frame. 11 are therefore the cloves, decorated with different types of perforations themselves different from those of the arcs: it's a real lace!At the center of the rose columns are based on a circle of stone decorated with scales, resulting in a "string that ends," "a snake biting its tail," ... a symbol of eternity, death and resurrection, Jesus same with 11little columns that are scattered representing the apostles without Judas Iscariot.
In addition to the wonderful Cathedral we should mention the Civic Museum opened in 1981 and housed in the ground floor rooms and basement of the sixteenth-century palace of Avalos.
It is divided into five areas: the contemporary era, modern, medieval, Roman and pre-Roman times.
Among the most important finds in it there is the Sarcophagus of St. Secundus from Constantinople (seventh century).columns and capitals with funeral inscriptions of the Roman period, the tombstone of Rubria Marcello (II-III century AD.) a lithograph of the embalmed body of Frederick II.
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