Top 8 Castles around Castelfranco Emilia

Very nice. We visited it along Via dei Brentatori; if you're looking for the credential stamp, the museum should have it. Check the opening hours, because we arrived late, unfortunately.

Having belonged to the Rangoni marquises for over 650 years, in 2005 the fortress was purchased by the municipality of Spilamberto which began the restoration process. The first works began in 2011 and allowed the courtyard and some spaces connected to it to be restored to its ancient beauty and made usable. The new square in front of the fortress was inaugurated in 2017. The fortress is located in a park that is almost always open and perfect for walks.

The fortress was commissioned by Countess Matilde of Canossa but its current form is the one attributed to it towards the end of the 15th century by the Bentivoglio family, a rich and important family in the history of Bologna. In 1779 the poet Ugo Foscolo was also a guest there. A forced guest as he resided there as a prisoner. Since 2007, the Rocca has been home to the Rocca dei Bentivoglio Foundation, which organizes various events and cultural activities not only in Bazzano, but in various locations in the Bolognese Hills. It is also home to the "Arsenio Crespellani" Civic Archaeological Museum where it is possible to discover the history of the area since the Bronze Age. https://www.bolognawelcome.com/it/luoghi/torri-edifici-storici/rocca-di-bazzano

nice village, nothing else to report

Castello di Vignola is an imposing fortress built in the 15th century on top of a hill overlooking the city of Vignola. The castle is famous for its watchtower, which offers a panoramic view of the Emilian plain, and for its Italian garden.

The Malvasia Castle dates back to the end of the sixteenth century and is characterized by an accentuated horizontal trend, the only vertical elements are the towers.

The year of construction of the oldest castle in Bazzano is not known precisely, of which no traces remain. However, in a document dating back to 1019 the castrum of Bazzano is mentioned, referring to the phenomenon of the castle that occurred during the 10th century. In 1038 the bishop of Modena granted the curtis of Bazzano in emphyteusis to the marquis Bonifacio of Canossa, father of Matilde. Although not mentioned among the Matilda castles in the ancient biographies dedicated to the countess, the Bazzano building is linked to Matilda by a legend that has survived in popular traditions: it is said, in fact, that Bazzano was connected to the Monteveglio castle via an underground tunnel, inside which the golden armor of the warrior countess and some chests containing precious objects would be hidden. ... Throughout the fourteenth century and until the first half of the fifteenth century, dominion over the castle was alternately in the hands of the Bolognese, the Viscontis and the Papal State. In 1473 the palatium and the surrounding land were donated to Giovanni II Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna. The Bentivoglios made significant changes to the building, incorporating the late thirteenth-century military structures into a stately palace, one of the "delights" that the Bentivoglios owned in the Bolognese area and frequented occasionally during holidays and holiday periods. In 1490 the works were completed and the palace remained the property of the Bentivoglio family until 1506, when they were expelled from Bologna. ... Ugo Foscolo, then lieutenant of the Bolognese national guard, captured by the Austrian hussars who had overthrown the Bazzano municipality, was imprisoned in the prisons of the Rocca in 1799. In memory of this event, the name of the so-called "Foscolo cell" remains, located on the ground floor of the fortress, to the right of the loggia. (Source: https://www.wikiwand.com/it/Rocca_dei_Bentivoglio#/Storia)

The original structure, a watchtower, was part of the fortification built by the Municipality of Modena, in 1210, to control the Bolognese border and the course of the Panaro. The architectural layout, as a fortified place, a quadrilateral with corner towers and orthogonal streets to each other, expanded after the feudal concession of the Castle to the Rangoni nobles