ルガーノの洞窟・トップ6

Beautiful castle on Lake Lugano

The original volume was completed in imitation of the medieval style, only to be subjected, years later (2014-2017), to a further restoration intervention in which the aim was to restore "the soul of the castle", preserving the ancient part, showing clearly the difference between the medieval part and the recent works.

In 1960 only the stone perimeter walls of the building and part of the defensive walls remained. During the early 1990s it was transformed and expanded to create a private residence.

Private building. Interesting example of architectural recovery. The current building was born from the transformation and expansion of an ancient medieval castle. Located on a promontory, at the time of its construction (11th century) the castle enjoyed a very strategic position and constituted an observation and defense point along the road to the Mara and Intelvi valleys.

The Doragno castle was born from the transformation of an ancient medieval castle. The original stone walls are highlighted by the large windows that complement the volume of the existing building.

Small castle by the lake

On the top of the hill of Monte Barro, about a hundred meters from the agglomeration of the municipality of Torricella Taverne, there are the remains of a building dating from the late Middle Ages (XIII - XIV centuries) closely related to the Castle of Santa Sofia in Bironico. The latter is part of the Rusca family's buildings and castles of well-known political and historical importance in Ticino and northern Italy. It is mentioned in a document in 1354 and may mark (according to the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland) the boundary of the possessions of the royal court of Agnuzzo. It is possible that the structure was built on a pre-existing Lombard position, perhaps even in late antiquity.

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.