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4 unusual facts about Odescalchi


Castello Orsini-Odescalchi

The railway Line FR3 connects it with Rome (stations of Ostiense and Valle Aurelia) in about 55 minutes.

Erba-Odescalchi

Lucrative economic transactions were established with clients in the major Italian and European cities, such as Nuremberg, Milan, Kraków, and Rome.

Livio Odescalchi

Odescalchi died without a direct heir in 1713, and his titles and fortune were inherited by his relative Baldassare Erba-Odescalchi (1683-1746), the grandson of Alessandro Erba (1599-1670) and Lucrezia Odescalchi, the sister of Innocent XI and Carlo Odescalchi.

Taddeo Zuccari

He also painted Histories of Alexander in the Castello Orsini at Bracciano.


Benedetto Erba Odescalchi

His great uncle was Pope Innocent XI, who died when Benedetto was 10 and from whom in 1709 Benedetto took his second surname Odescalchi.

Ceri

Since the 14th century, Ceri became the property of some of the greatest Italian families: from the Anguillara (of which the greatest exponent was Renzo di Ceri) to Cesi, the Borromeo, the Odescalchi, and ended with the Torlonia, who are still owners of a large part of Ceri.

Livio Odescalchi

Livio Odescalchi was born in Rome in 1655, the son of Carlo Odescalchi (1607-1673) and Beatrice Cusani.


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