After Beatrice is seized by Inquisitors in Genoa, she is imprisoned at Lucca (331). Euthanasia petitions Castuccio for Beatrice’s release, and Castruccio grants it (336-8). After her release, Beatrice is brought to the palace that is given to Euthanasia after Valperga is destroyed.
Ferrara is the hometown of Beatrice and her father, the bishop. Beatrice's alleged powers of prophecy are well-known throughout Ferrara. She has many supporters who believe her to be "Ancilla Dei," but she is arrested by the Church and put on trial for heresy (213). Beatrice undergoes the Judgement of God to prove her innocence, and she is freed thanks to her father bribing the abbot in charge of the Judgement.
Beatrice, escaped from the house of her tormentor, wanders the hills of the Abruzzi region until she is nursed back to health by a kind old man who introduces her to Paterinism. They enjoy several months together in the wilderness, taking in the "fresh air, and the view of the sky and the hills" (363). When the old man is hunted down and executed for his heresy, Beatrice is fully convinced that evil is chief on earth.
William Stanley Haseltine - Morning Light, Roman Campagna, 1871
Located in the Province of Pisa, near Florence, this area was an attraction to 18th century travelers due to the growth of the thermal spa located there. It's home to many prominent homes.
After Pistoia, Beatrice visits Euthanasia at Valperga in September, under the pretence of asking for alms in aid of her pilgrimage. Euthanasia convinces her to enter, but she only stays for a short dialgoue before leaving for Rome (273-6).
I based my placing of Valperga on these passages:
A palace in Florence, constructed from 1489 to 1538. It was built for Filippo Strozzi the Elder, who wanted to use the palace to boast his family's strength, prominence, and political status.
While Castruccio is traveling throughout Italy with the newly crowned King Louis of Bavaria, the two men visit Rome. "They went to Rome together, where the emperor knight him, and he bore the sword of state in the procession from the Campidoglio to St. Peter's, where Louis recieved the imperial crown. He was created count of the palace, senator of Rome, and master of the court. He had arrived at the summit of his glory." (439-440)
