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In 1257 Pope Alessandro IV gave his nephew Rinaldo de Rubeis the fief of the
area of Trevi, including its castle. In 1262 with the Pope Urbano IV, the fief
was given to the Subiaco monastery. From this point on the owners of the Castle
were by turns the papacy or the De Rubeis family until 1299 when Pietro Caetani,
brother of Bonifacio VIII, bought it. Under Caetani rule the Castle, experienced
a period of great splendour which ended in 1471 when Cristoforo Caetani was
driven out of the town for misgovernment. In 1473 Trevi was given back to the
monastery of Subiaco and the Castle became the Curia centre; in 1753 Benedetto
XIV gave the town a different administrative organisation and the Castle lost
its representative role furthermore, as years went by more and more buildings
in the village were built in close proximity to the castle walls, there by reducing
its defensive capacity. In 1915, after the earthquake, all the village was rebuilt
and a section of the Castle was included in the nearest buildings. The Fortress
was subsequently abandoned and some of its walls and wooden lofts collapsed.
In 1984 restoration work began on the castle and as a result the castle has
long since won back its old splendour. |
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