Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
The castle (built on a 13th century fortification) is accessed via a steep climb that starts from the small square where the old town hall with a loggia once stood. Enfeoffed to the Doria family between the 14th and 16th centuries, the castle has seen the succession of many families: Da Passano, Pallavicino, Serra, Spinola and Orsini Pio di Savoia. The appearance it has today dates back to the 18th century, when it was adapted by the Serra family to a noble country residence. The castle, owned by the Doria di Montaldeo family since the beginning of the 19th century, has a complex structure in which the original structures, vestiges of the previous use, survive: the protruding apparatus on double-bracket corbels, the battlements and the configuration of the keep. One of the towers, which became an artist's studio in the last century and overlooks the surrounding landscape with large windows, offers a priceless view that ranges from the Alpine chain, from Monviso to Monte Rosa, and from the Apennines to the mountains of Piacenza.
The castle (built on a 13th century fortification) is accessed via a steep climb that starts from the small square where the old town hall with a loggia once stood. Enfeoffed to the Doria family between the 14th and 16th centuries, the castle has seen the succession of many families: Da Passano, Pallavicino, Serra, Spinola and Orsini Pio di Savoia. The appearance it has today dates back to the 18th century, when it was adapted by the Serra family to a noble country residence. The castle, owned by the Doria di Montaldeo family since the beginning of the 19th century, has a complex structure in which the original structures, vestiges of the previous use, survive: the protruding apparatus on double-bracket corbels, the battlements and the configuration of the keep. One of the towers, which became an artist's studio in the last century and overlooks the surrounding landscape with large windows, offers a priceless view that ranges from the Alpine chain, from Monviso to Monte Rosa, and from the Apennines to the mountains of Piacenza.
