ONE CASTLE
ONE STORY
by Francesca Nachira
Italy
The land between Tuscany and Liguria is called "The Hundred Castles' Land".
Among these there is the Malaspina Castle. The castle is full of artwork and
paintings and it is surrounded by legends, like the legend of Bianca Maria Aloisia.
Bianca Maria was punished because she loved a groom. The two lovers were
clandestinely enmeshed. Bianca's father announces her that she has been betrothed
to a local knight. The girl opposes and declares her love for the groom, but her
father can't accept the disgrace and confines her in a monastery.
Perhaps she became pregnant during one of the clandestine meetings or perhaps
she refused to take wovs, but she was removed from the monastery.
The father did not accept the scandal and the young groom was killed.
Bianca was tortured but didn't deny her love.
After her death in the basement, her ghost still wanders unhappily in the castle.
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