Antognolla Castle

Antognolla Castle, located on the slopes of Monte Tezio and now part of an exclusive golf club, owes its name to the ancient Antognolla family of Perugia. First mentioned in 1174 for the presence of a Benedictine monastery, it became a fiefdom in 1399 at the behest of Pope Boniface IX. Over the following centuries, it was at the center of conflicts between noble families, until it passed to the Oddi family in 1628 and then to the Guglielmi family in 1836. After a period under the Agnelli family, it was recently restored to become a luxury resort.

Antognolla Castle stands majestically and is part of the eponymous Golf Club.Antognolla Castle, located on the northern slopes of Monte Tezio, owes its name to one of Perugia's oldest and most noble families, the Antognolla or Antognolli, who lived near Porta Santa Susanna since the 12th century.The castle's construction date is unknown. The first records of the site date back to 1174, when a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Peter was recorded, of which only the crypt dedicated to Saint Agatha remains today.A milestone in the castle's history is the papal bull of 1399 with which Pope Boniface IX elevated the so-called County of Antognolla to a fiefdom, granting it to Roger of Antognolla and his heirs for services rendered to the Holy See.Between the 15th and 16th centuries, During the 16th century, the castle became the scene of clashes, sieges, plots, and struggles for supremacy between noble families of Perugia. In 1480, the castle was taken by the Baglioni family, who had recently become lords of Perugia, due to Niccolò di Antognolla's opposition to them. As a result, Bernardino and Ieronimo Antognolla actively participated in the massacre of the Baglioni family, which occurred in the early 16th century. One was beheaded and the other exiled until 1523. The Antognollas remained the owners of the castle until 1605.In 1628, the nobleman Cornelio Oddi purchased the castle and the entire county of Antognolla from Berardino, Cesare, Nicolò, and Fermo Antognolla, to turn it into a place of rest and relaxation.The Oddis owned the castle until 1836, when Marquis Giovanni Battista Guglielmi purchased it and renovated the structure to convert it into a farm as well as a holiday resort. In 1921, the Guglielmis sold the property to the IFI (Istituto Finanziario Industriale) company, owned by the Agnelli family.In recent years, the castle has been restored and transformed into a luxury hotel.