Schloss Brunnenburg
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Brunnenburg is a castle
in the province of South Tyrol
, in northern Italy
.
Mary de Rachewiltz is the daughter of the poet Ezra Pound
and the violin
ist Olga Rudge
. Pound stayed at the castle in 1958 on his return from America
and wrote the last 6 of his 116 "Cantos" of The Cantos
.
Today the castle is not only home to the de Rachewiltz family, but also houses "The Ezra Pound Centre for Literature" where students come from all over the world to study the poet's works.
Schloss Brunnenburg is actually situated above the city of Meran, on the outskirts of the municipality of Tirol. The castle itself is home to the de Rachewiltz family, and the large guesthouse is home to the students who come to study, usually for a semester at a time. Surrounding the castle is the family's vineyard.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
in the province of South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
, in northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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History
Originally built circa 1250, it was completely restored by Boris and Mary de Rachewiltz, who made it their home in the mid-20th centuryMary de Rachewiltz is the daughter of the poet Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
and the violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist Olga Rudge
Olga Rudge
Olga Rudge was an American-born concert violinist, now mainly remembered as the long-time mistress of the poet Ezra Pound, by whom she had a daughter, Mary....
. Pound stayed at the castle in 1958 on his return from America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and wrote the last 6 of his 116 "Cantos" of The Cantos
The Cantos
The Cantos by Ezra Pound is a long, incomplete poem in 120 sections, each of which is a canto. Most of it was written between 1915 and 1962, although much of the early work was abandoned and the early cantos, as finally published, date from 1922 onwards. It is a book-length work, widely considered...
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Today the castle is not only home to the de Rachewiltz family, but also houses "The Ezra Pound Centre for Literature" where students come from all over the world to study the poet's works.
Schloss Brunnenburg is actually situated above the city of Meran, on the outskirts of the municipality of Tirol. The castle itself is home to the de Rachewiltz family, and the large guesthouse is home to the students who come to study, usually for a semester at a time. Surrounding the castle is the family's vineyard.