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Pierre d'Angicourt

Pierre d'Angicourt, in French Pierre de Angicourt, in Latin Petrus de Angicuria (Angicourt,.. - active between 1269 and 1309) was a French architect, for about thirty years at the service of Angevin kings of the Kingdom of Naples during the second half of the thirteenth century. A knight and French feudal lord, he worked as Protomagister operum Curie and contributed to the spread of the French Gothic culture in southern Italy. Among other things attributed to him is the introduction of sloping fortification walls known as mura à scarpa and circular defensive towers in the restructuring of Angevin castles of southern Italy in the late thirteenth century.

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Pierre d'Angicourt

Il bassorilievo si dice rappresenti Pier della Vigna. Attualmente posizionata in alto sul muro, era inizialmente a terra dove il popolo di passava a dileggiarla, sputando e calciando quello che veniva considerato un traditore di Federico II. Secondo alcuni il bassorilievo potrebber rappresentare Pietro D'Angicourt, l'architetto della Cattedrale di Lucera.

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Died
1269
Nationality
France
Occupation
architect
Languages
French

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Pierre d'Angicourt, in French Pierre de Angicourt, in Latin Petrus de Angicuria (Angicourt,.. - active between 1269 and 1309) was a French architect, for about thirty years at the service of Angevin kings of the Kingdom of Naples during the second half of the thirteenth century. A knight and French feudal lord, he worked as Protomagister operum Curie and contributed to the spread of the French Gothic culture in southern Italy. Among other things attributed to him is the introduction of sloping fortification walls known as mura à scarpa and circular defensive towers in the restructuring of Angevin castles of southern Italy in the late thirteenth century.

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Pierre d'Angicourt (died 1269) was an architect, of French nationality. The architect was born in Angicourt. Languages used include French.

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