Village and Castle of Grazzano Visconti
The history of Grazzano is linked for centuries to that of the Anguissola family, but it is Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, a brilliant and cultured Milanese nobleman, who at the beginning of 1900 decided to create a picturesque village with a medieval appearance. A rare example of revival architecture (in vogue in Europe between the […]
Castello di Gropparello and Parco delle Fiabe
The Fairy Tale Park is inside the beautiful Castle of Gropparello. It is the first emotions park in Italy. You can live an out of time experience among ancient rocks and trees.
Castello di Varano dè Melegari
The Castle of Varano was built at the beginning of the 11th century and it is famous for its large towers and the legends linked to the nobles and knights of the Middle Ages.
Castello di Bardi
The more than millenary Fortress of Bardi is located on top of a red jasper rock, where the Ceno and Noveglia streams converge. It is one of the greatest examples of military architecture in Italy.
Castle of Torrechiara
The castle of Torrechiara is a fifteenth-century manor with medieval and Renaissance features at the same time; located on top of a panoramic rocky hill at the gates of the Val Parma, it is flanked by the small medieval village of Torrechiara. Wanted by Count Pier Maria II de ‘Rossi as a powerful defensive structure […]
Castle of Felino
Built in 890 by the Noble Marquis Luppone was enlarged and fortified reaching its maximum splendor at the end of the fourteenth century with Pier Maria dei Rossi, a family so powerful that it could fight with an emperor or deal with a pope. The Reds were lords of Felino for 133 years. In 1483 […]
