ヴィラ（ガンバロニョ）の洞窟・トップ8

The castle houses two museums and is very close to the city centre. From there it is just a few minutes' walk to Piazza Grande

Medieval structure in good condition and well integrated into the urban context

Built in 1560 according to the wishes of the Uri mercenary leader Peter A Pro, as a military base for the recruitment of mercenaries. The complex includes one massive square-plan building with a projecting top part, with walkway and machicolations. Adjacent is a rectangular two-floor building, with iron gratings on the ground floor windows. Inside are corridors and hiding places. It’s also known as “La Vignaccia”. Close to Minusio are also the ruins of the “Fraccia”, a wall with towers built during the Fourteenth Century. Unfortunately, it's not open to the public.

If you drive through these wooded hills, you will repeatedly come across traces of human settlements that no longer exist. Like the village of Redde, of which only a few foundations remain, which you can find very close to the chapel of S. Clemente. Much easier to see, however, is the only really well-preserved relic of the disappeared village: this residential tower from the Middle Ages. It comes from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century and probably once offered shelter to a well-heeled resident of the village.

Great ride on this section

Place of easy access and requires no special equipment. The tower is fascinating! I highly recommend visiting this place.

Ruin of an extensive castle complex on the banks of the Magliasina and on the old Roman road through the Malcantone. The square Bering and slight traces of the central main building (tower?) And other buildings are visible. The castle is said to have been destroyed in the war between Milan and Como in 1156.

The historic San Materno Castle revives, after careful restoration, as a modern space for exhibitions of the municipality of Ascona in all its splendor. Thanks to a happy agreement between the community and the Kulturstiftung Kurt and Barbara Alten, the castle houses a permanent collection of more than forty works by German artists, the most important from the end of the nineteenth century until after the First World War.