Notable Buildings
Apart from the Bracciano castle, other notable buildings and structures associated with the Orsini include:
- The so called Park of the Monsters just outside the city of Bomarzo is a Late Renaissance manieristic garden gallery of sculptures and architecture commissioned in the 16th century by Vicino Orsini. It includes also a palace, designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi, begun in 1525 by Gian Corrado Orsini and finished by his son Vicino.
- The Orsini Palace in Rome, including the Theatre of Marcellus.
- Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti, also in Rome.
- Orsini Castles in:
- Avezzano
- Nerola
- Sant'Angelo Romano (15th century)
- Soriano nel Cimino (built by Nicholas III in 1278)
- Vasanello (12th century)
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