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8 Italian Castles by Atellani.com
CASTEL BESENO:
located near Rovereto,
is the largest feudal fortress
all over the Trentino region.
Those travelling from Rovereto
to the city of Trento
across the Vallagarina valley,
will be immediately attracted
by the majestic fortress on the hill
near to Folgaria.
Here on this strategically
so important place towers
Trentino’s largest fortress,
referred to as Castel Beseno.
First written documents date back to
the 12th century, when the castle
still belonged to the counts
of Appiano and served as a residence
to the aristocratic family Da Beseno.
CASTEL MONTANI DI SOPRA:
build around 1228 by Count Alberto III
of Tyrol on a piece of land property
of the Bishop of Coira.
This provoked attrition between
the Church and the Nobles
that at the end had to hand over
control to the Church. In 1229
the castle became property
of the Montanari's.
When the family vanished it
became property of the Von Mohr family.
In 1833 even this family ended and
the castle ended up empty,
but eventually was sold to a farmer,
who sold everything inside
and let the building fall apart.
CASTELLO DI MONTECHIARO:
The little village is above all famous
for its castle ruin of Montechiaro,
which can be seen from afar.
The village is over-towered by the ruin
of Castel Montechiaro. Originally
it has been constructed as fortress
of the Tyroleans against the bishops
of Chur. Its beginnings date back to the
13th century. Around 1250,
the first kinsmen of this family
called themselves Montechiaro.
FÜRSTENBURG CASTLE:
Furstenburg Castle in Burgusio/Burgeis is
a fortress erected in the 13th century
on behalf of the Bishop
Conrad of Chur (1272 - 1282).
In the 16th and 17th centuries A.D.
it was however restructured according
to the style of the time.
CASTELLO DI SERRALUNGA D'ALBA:
The castle is today considered
one of the best preserved examples
of noble castle fourteenth-century
of Piedmont. Located at the top
of the hill of Serralunga,
a domain of the characteristic village
and its famous vineyards,
in one of the most interesting
tourist districts and greater development
of the region, the castle is indelible
symbol of this landscape.
At the time at which the
descendants of Bonifacio del Vasto,
Bonifacio Minor and brass
del Carretto, in the XII century,
were the lords of the territory,
a tower overhead and defended
the village of Serralunga.
VIGOLENO CASTLE:
The Castle is located in the center
of the medieval town of Vigoleno,
on the spur of a hill at about
500 metres above sea level
in the municipality of Vernasca
on the border between the
provinces of Piacenza and Parma.
The area is of great naturalistic
interest for the discovery of
marine sediments and fossils
dating to the tertiary and
quaternary era, and for the Vigoleno
grotte discovered during the
second half of the 800’s
a few metres north of the town.
CAMINO CASTLE:
Camino Castle is situated
in the Monferrato hills, in the
north-west of Italy, approximately
an hour away from Milano,
Genova and Torino.
Camino Castle, surrounded by
ancient woods full of interesting birdlife,
overlooks the Monferrato foothills
which are covered in trees and vineyards.
Even today, the medieval castle
is one of the most admired buildings
in Monferrato for its splendid
architecture and excellent
state of preservation.
MARTINENGO COLLEONI CASTLE:
The Martinengo Colleoni Castle
was built between 1597 and 1610
in Cavernago. It was built on a block
of buildings that previously belonged
to the canons of the cathedral
of Bergamo, which is dedicated
to Sant’Alessandro in Colle.
The property where the castle
was built has a long history.
It is first mentioned in 1234,
when Salvo di Bellobon sold it to
the priest Redulfo di Ghisalba,
charged with the purchase by the chapter of Bergamo.
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