{"id":3006,"date":"2025-01-28T14:44:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turismobusca.it\/structure\/il-castellaccio-e-il-parco-francotto\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:22:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:22:59","slug":"il-castellaccio-e-il-parco-francotto","status":"publish","type":"structure","link":"https:\/\/www.turismobusca.it\/en\/structure\/il-castellaccio-e-il-parco-francotto\/","title":{"rendered":"Castellaccio and Park Francotto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-container container\" style=\"\"  >\n    <div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-row row  \">\n        \n<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-row-column col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-5 col-xl-5 col-xxl-5\" style=\"\" >\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location details<\/h3>\n\n\n    <div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-space \" style=\"--oi-block-space-xs:30px; --oi-block-space-sm:30px; --oi-block-space-md:30px; --oi-block-space-lg:30px; --oi-block-space-xl:30px; --oi-block-space-xxl:30px\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-icon-link\" ><div class=\"icon-link\">\n            <div class=\"icon-link-container\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turismobusca.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/icona-posizione.svg\" class=\"featured-icon-link\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>        <\/div>\n        \n\n<p>Hamlet Santo Stefano (Park Francotto), Busca, CN<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-space \" style=\"--oi-block-space-xs:60px; --oi-block-space-sm:60px; --oi-block-space-md:60px; --oi-block-space-lg:60px; --oi-block-space-xl:60px; --oi-block-space-xxl:60px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big Bench<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>located in Ernesto Francotto Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, please visit:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bigbenchcommunityproject.org\/it\/homepage\">bigbenchcommunityproject.org\/it\/homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To obtain your stamp and passport:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Caff\u00e8 di Citt\u00e0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Via Umberto I, 86, 12022 Busca CN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:caffedicitta96@gmail.com\">caffedicitta96@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-space \" style=\"--oi-block-space-xs:60px; --oi-block-space-sm:60px; --oi-block-space-md:60px; --oi-block-space-lg:60px; --oi-block-space-xl:60px; --oi-block-space-xxl:60px\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-row-column col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-1 col-xl-1 col-xxl-1\" style=\"\" >\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-row-column col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 col-xxl-6\" style=\"\" >\n\n<p>A tower and a <em>castrum<\/em> were built here in Roman times. In the mid-12th century, it was enlarged and became the residence of the Marquises of Vasto (later Lancia, from Manfredo's nickname). Only a few ruins remain of that \u201cupper\u201d castle, known as <em>Castellaccio<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complex includes the chapel of Saint Stephen, built at the dawn of local Christianity between the 6th and 10th centuries for the community that had formed around the castle. It was the most important parish church of its time. It was renovated and raised several times in the 18th century. All that remains of the ancient building is the splendid apse frescoed by the Biazaci brothers of Busca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>mur de chevet<\/em> depicts the Annunciation and Christ in the tomb, between Mary and John weeping. The apse basin features a representation of the theme of early catechesis, Ezekiel's tetramorph with Christ Pantocrator in the iridescent mandorla and the symbols of the evangelists. Divided into four scenes, it narrates the story of the protomartyr Saint Stephen, taken from the Acts of the Apostles in the Golden Legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restoration work, promoted by the municipality in 1998, has restored the cycle to its original splendour.<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-space \" style=\"--oi-block-space-xs:30px; --oi-block-space-sm:30px; --oi-block-space-md:30px; --oi-block-space-lg:30px; --oi-block-space-xl:30px; --oi-block-space-xxl:30px\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"oi-block oi-block-layout-button\" ><a href=\"#form-contatti\" title=\"Busca\" class=\"btn btn-default-fill btn-type-default \" >\n    ASK INFORMATION    <div class=\"container-arrow\">\n        <svg aria-label=\"Arrow\" alt=\"Arrow\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24.996\" height=\"21.774\" viewBox=\"0 0 24.996 21.774\">\n            <path data-name=\"Tracciato 18685\" 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