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chiude la prospettiva

English translation: a scenic backdrop

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Italian term or phrase:chiude la prospettiva
English translation:a scenic backdrop
Entered by: Lisa Jane

09:50 Mar 28, 2023
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Tourism & Travel / description of architecture
Italian term or phrase: chiude la prospettiva
I put this in the vague category of tourism rather than architecture because I don't think it's particularly technical but honestly I'm not sure what they are getting at or how to express it in English.

The website page is describing the art and architecture of the local area of Gorlago and the context is this paragraph

Palazzo Guarneri-Gozzini si erge in posizione strategica, dove un tempo sorgeva l’antico castello della famiglia Lanzi: una rupe affacciata sul fiume Cherio da cui si poteva dominare l’imbocco della valle e il Colle degli Angeli. Ancora oggi si coglie con uno sguardo quello stesso paesaggio, incorniciato dall’architettura del borgo.
Con il passare dei secoli l’antica fortezza perse le funzioni difensive per assumere l’aspetto di un raffinato palazzo nobiliare. La corte interna, caratterizzata da un doppio loggiato con colonne e archi a tutto sesto, cela alla vista di sguardi indiscreti pregevoli sale affrescate. Dell’antico castello rimane solo il basamento della torre, realizzato in possenti blocchi squadrati di pietra: una quinta scenografica che chiude la prospettiva della Contrada Castello.
TIA
julie-h
Local time: 20:44
a scenic backdrop
Explanation:
una quinta scenografica che chiude la prospettiva della Contrada Castello.

-a scenic backdrop to the Contrada Castello

or
- a scenic backdrop to which the Contrada Castello leads
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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 20:44
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thank you
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3a scenic backdrop
Lisa Jane
5...that terminates the view from...
Tom in London
3a 360° view of Contrada Castello
Cristiana Della Mea


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
...that terminates the view from...


Explanation:
That's how I would translate it

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:44
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a 360° view of Contrada Castello


Explanation:
It's a typical Italian sentence with an obscure meaning for Italians :D

I'd say that it means that this last part of the ancient castle (the base of the tower) gives you a 360° view of the Contrada).
I assume that all the spots previously described in this paragraph (which are 4) are part of the same contrada, right?

Cristiana Della Mea
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a scenic backdrop


Explanation:
una quinta scenografica che chiude la prospettiva della Contrada Castello.

-a scenic backdrop to the Contrada Castello

or
- a scenic backdrop to which the Contrada Castello leads

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 20:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlotte Fleming: I'd go with the fist option.
34 mins
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agree  martini: a scenic backdrop to the Contrada Castello
3 hrs
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agree  philgoddard: Me too. I don't think "leads" is the right idea.
5 hrs
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