{"id":1460,"date":"2026-06-24T07:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverscilla.com\/?page_id=1460"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:50:48","slug":"epigrafe-dedicatoria-del-conte-paolo-ruffo-1543","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverscilla.com\/en\/castello-ruffo-di-scilla\/epigrafe-dedicatoria-del-conte-paolo-ruffo-1543\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicatory epigraph of Count Paolo Ruffo \n1543"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p class=\"translation-block\">Epigraph placed by Count Paolo Ruffo in memory of the restoration work on the Castle that he had carried out in 1543, following the purchase of the fiefdom of Scilla for thirty thousand ducats from Guttierre De Nava, which took place in 1533.<br>\nThe white Carrara marble monument, located above the entrance gate and dating back to 1543, as indicated by the inscription in the margin of the epigraph, is set within a molded pink marble frame.<br>\nIts upper section features a relief of the coat of arms of the Ruffo di Calabria family, the future Princes of Scilla: a truncated shield with three points symbolizing the three hills that form the city of Catanzaro, the family's birthplace. It is adorned with three shells (symbol of pilgrims), recalling the participation of the family's knights in the first three crusades. The crest is an Aragonese princely. At the bottom of the stone document is an epigraph that recounts the story of the placing of the stone:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ad fidelitatem Cesar<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Servuntum<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Paulus Rufus Sinopolis comes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Hanc arcem suo parta labore<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Exedificavit et filys itide tuen<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Dam reliquit anno MDXIII<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2535,"parent":1450,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1460","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Epigrafe dedicatoria del conte Paolo Ruffo 1543 - Discover Scilla<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverscilla.com\/en\/castello-ruffo-di-scilla\/epigrafe-dedicatoria-del-conte-paolo-ruffo-1543\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Epigrafe dedicatoria del conte Paolo Ruffo 1543 - 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