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Trezzo sull'Adda Castle

Name: Trezzo sull'Adda Castle
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Location: Trezzo Sull'Adda, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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1. Visit to the Village of Crespi d'Adda

7.35km

01:57

70m

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2. Along the Adda to the Castello di Trezzo − loop tour

4.23km

01:09

60m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Mulinetto Mill (1641) loop from Trezzo sull'Adda

17.5km

04:38

180m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Gianni F.

June 3, 2022

According to tradition, it was built in the early Middle Ages by Queen Teodolinda, queen of the Lombards (between the 6th and 7th centuries).

Barnabò Visconti was locked up there until his death by his nephew Gian Galeazzo, who had ousted him.

The castle underwent a serious period of decline in the nineteenth century, when it was even transformed into a quarry for already squared building materials.

It is currently used as a backdrop for open-air cultural and artistic events.

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Gianni F.

June 3, 2022

From the 11th to the 16th century, other fortifications were added and the complex became a valuable outpost of the Duchy of Milan.

In the second half of the twelfth century Frederick Barbarossa expanded the fortress and used it as one of his residences.

In the fourteenth century Barnabò Visconti, lord of Milan, took the fortress from the Torriani and rebuilt it in 1370.

It is in this new fourteenth-century guise that it has come to us.

During the Spanish domination of Lombardy (16th and 17th centuries) the fortress was used as a prison, and then fell into a period of neglect.

Since 1805, the manor has been used as a quarry for already squared materials for the civic arena of Milan and some Monza appurtenances of the royal villa.

Only in the middle of the century did the owner Giovanna Borghi suspend dismantling at the Trezzo castle, restoring the climb to the tower.

In 1891 the fortress was purchased by Cristoforo Benigno Crespi, owner of the Crespi d'Adda cotton mill.

The castle is currently owned by the Municipality of Trezzo sull'Adda.

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Gianni F.

June 9, 2022

The Visconti castle is the very emblem of Trezzo sull'Adda.

It stands on a promontory surrounded by the river, a strategic position already intuited centuries earlier by the Lombards and has become increasingly important over the centuries.

Frederick I, known as Barbarossa, built his fortress here in the 12th century.

Bernabò Visconti died here on 19 December 1385 after imprisonment, poisoned with a plate of beans by his nephew Gian Galeazzo, who aspired to power.

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Trezzo sull'Adda Castle

1. Visit to the Village of Crespi d'Adda

2. Along the Adda to the Castello di Trezzo − loop tour

3. Mulinetto Mill (1641) loop from Trezzo sull'Adda

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