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The manor, with a stalking tower and moat, was built on a hill by the Aleramici, future marquises of Monferrato, in the twelfth century. The castle, for its strategic position on the borders of the Marquisate, was over the centuries at the center of clashes for the control of the territory. In the fifteenth century, the castle passed to the paleologists, who made it a sumptuous home, equipped with the park and became a destination for the summer stays of the Marquises of Monferrato. In the seventeenth century it became the property of the Gonzaga of Mantua and in 1637 during the Franco-Spanish war the Spanish army broke most of the external fortifications, suffering large damage following explosions aimed at compromising its structure. At the end of the seventeenth century, the castle and the fiefdom of Pomaro became owned by the Ardizzone family of Casale Monferrato, who reconstructed the buildings that remained damaged and made their residence. In the mid -nineteenth century Rolando Giuseppe Dalla Valle, marquis and senator of the subalpine kingdom since 1848, inherited the manor and began an important restoration. Then the castle was inherited by Alessandro Dalla Valle, son of Rolando, then after the death of Alessandro and his wife, in 1950 the manor was inherited by Count Giorgio Carlo Calvi of Bergolo at the be will of Alexander, who had no son or a daughter. Count Calvi and Consorte, Princess Iolanda Margherita of Savoy, gave their assent so that the manor became the home of his son and his wife, the actress Marisa AlliSio, who in the 70s of the last century left this residence to move to Rome. The castle is currently also used for ceremonies and events.
The manor, with a stalking tower and moat, was built on a hill by the Aleramici, future marquises of Monferrato, in the twelfth century. The castle, for its strategic position on the borders of the Marquisate, was over the centuries at the center of clashes for the control of the territory. In the fifteenth century, the castle passed to the paleologists, who made it a sumptuous home, equipped with the park and became a destination for the summer stays of the Marquises of Monferrato. In the seventeenth century it became the property of the Gonzaga of Mantua and in 1637 during the Franco-Spanish war the Spanish army broke most of the external fortifications, suffering large damage following explosions aimed at compromising its structure. At the end of the seventeenth century, the castle and the fiefdom of Pomaro became owned by the Ardizzone family of Casale Monferrato, who reconstructed the buildings that remained damaged and made their residence. In the mid -nineteenth century Rolando Giuseppe Dalla Valle, marquis and senator of the subalpine kingdom since 1848, inherited the manor and began an important restoration. Then the castle was inherited by Alessandro Dalla Valle, son of Rolando, then after the death of Alessandro and his wife, in 1950 the manor was inherited by Count Giorgio Carlo Calvi of Bergolo at the be will of Alexander, who had no son or a daughter. Count Calvi and Consorte, Princess Iolanda Margherita of Savoy, gave their assent so that the manor became the home of his son and his wife, the actress Marisa AlliSio, who in the 70s of the last century left this residence to move to Rome. The castle is currently also used for ceremonies and events.
