Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
The origins of the structure are uncertain, it is known that a document from 1335, citing it, attests to its existence. The building has a rectangular plan with an internal courtyard, two square towers of different heights rise on the north side, a moat now buried surrounded the manor. On the east front is the entrance, once equipped with a drawbridge, now stable, on which you can see the recesses of the bolts supporting the ancient carriage bridge and the pedestrian postern. History: In 1335 the castle of Bardinezza is mentioned in a document that attests to the existence of the structure. In the same period the castle is mentioned in documents that speak of the struggles for political supremacy between the papal government and the house of Visconti. In 1345 the castle was attacked by soldiers from Piacenza. In 1373 Raffaello Dolzoni conquered the castle of Bardinezza in the name and on behalf of the papal government. In the 15th century, the castle of Bardinezza became the property of the Rizzoli family. In 1503 Lucrezia Rizzoli sold part of the castle of Bardinezza to the Lateran Canons of Sant'Agostino, who in June 1522 purchased it in its entirety and kept it until the French Revolution. With the suppression of the order of the Lateran Canons, the castle of Bardinezza passed to the Calciati counts and subsequently to the Cella.
The origins of the structure are uncertain, it is known that a document from 1335, citing it, attests to its existence. The building has a rectangular plan with an internal courtyard, two square towers of different heights rise on the north side, a moat now buried surrounded the manor. On the east front is the entrance, once equipped with a drawbridge, now stable, on which you can see the recesses of the bolts supporting the ancient carriage bridge and the pedestrian postern. History: In 1335 the castle of Bardinezza is mentioned in a document that attests to the existence of the structure. In the same period the castle is mentioned in documents that speak of the struggles for political supremacy between the papal government and the house of Visconti. In 1345 the castle was attacked by soldiers from Piacenza. In 1373 Raffaello Dolzoni conquered the castle of Bardinezza in the name and on behalf of the papal government. In the 15th century, the castle of Bardinezza became the property of the Rizzoli family. In 1503 Lucrezia Rizzoli sold part of the castle of Bardinezza to the Lateran Canons of Sant'Agostino, who in June 1522 purchased it in its entirety and kept it until the French Revolution. With the suppression of the order of the Lateran Canons, the castle of Bardinezza passed to the Calciati counts and subsequently to the Cella.
