Top 6 Castles around Gambarana

Sartirana beautiful castle, a pity about the cars parked in front

very beautiful!!! Stop for a photo

This old castle in Pieve di Cairo is now also an agriturismo with rooms for rent. Our day's journey isn't over yet, otherwise we would have tried to stay here overnight. https://www.castellobeccaria.it/

Place of historical, architectural, cultural and tourist interest Via Balbi, 2/4, 15040 Piovera AL https://www.castellodipiovera.it/ 3462341141

Built in 1300, the castle became a fortress at the hands of the Visconti of Milan. Property of the Balbis of Genoa since the 17th century, it was transformed into a residence by them at the end of the 19th century. Today it is owned by Count Niccolò Calvi di Bergolo who opened it to the public since 1972 with its art workshops, guided tours inside the castle and the educational farm. Among its towers, battlements, moats and stables, our period residence hosts events of all kinds: weddings, historical re-enactments, rallies, concerts, art exhibitions, events for the whole family.

14th century castle, open to the public; curious are the remains of black plaster on the facade dating back to when it was entirely painted black on the occasion of the mourning for the death of Napoleon https://castellodipiovera.it

The history of the Castle can be summarized as follows: built towards the end of the 1300s by order of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, it was strengthened towards the end of the 1400s by the Sforza family who, in the meantime, had conquered power. The Sforza family added other parts to the main body, which remained so until the sixteenth century, a time when the Castle, by the Gattinara family, was transformed into a comfortable residence, which has not undergone substantial changes to this day. Typical quadrilateral layout, with moat, internal courtyard and four corner towers. The castle is the main attraction of the village and currently houses the "Lomellina Study and Documentation Center", the "Sartirana Arte Foundation", with the museums of collections of silver, jewels, objects of peasant culture, art graphics. Both the Study Center and the Foundation organize numerous exhibitions and cultural events at an international level. In 1462-1463 under the Sforza, the Castle underwent military transformations of expansion and consolidation of the round tower, which was dealt with by the famous architect Bartolomeo Fioravanti, the same that Ivan II, Tsar of Russia, called to his court to the construction of the Kremlin defenses. Sartirana and its castle then passed to the Spaniards with Mercurino Arborio (cardinal) until his death in 1530. The castle belonged to the Arborio dynasty until 1934, and then to the Duke of Aosta Amedeo di Savoia.

One of the largest in the province of Pavia, the Beccaria Castle, which still bears the name of one of the first families who lived there, stands out in the Lomellino and Pavia landscape for its unusual size. It is an example of great historical and architectural interest because, in the superimposition of forms, from the original remains of the 12th century to the Visconti buildings, from the baroque to the neoclassical innovations, it represents a magnificent example of architectural languages that have harmoniously merged over the centuries , in the rich context of the Lomellina countryside. The Beccaria castle keeps intact the structure that has gone through centuries and troubles and which has seen it protagonist of important historical events from the Middle Ages to the present day.