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Equipped area with tables and benches near the golf course at the church of San Defendente

The castle of Novi Ligure is located near the historic center of Novi Ligure and was for centuries the extreme northern border of the Republic of Genoa. It is part of the "Open Castles" circuit of Lower Piedmont. Only the tower and some sections of the surrounding walls remain of the castle, which today delimit part of the large park. It was crowned by a Ghibelline battlement which has been lost but is still perceptible, despite the current covering with a tile roof.

The castle is owned by Count Cesare Giriodi Panissera di Monastero. The construction of the manor dates back to the second half of the 1300s and acquired value in the following centuries due to its strategic position: the town was in fact located on the borders of the Republic of Genoa, with the Savoy State and the various Lombard duchies.

valuable panel with Crucifixion, S.Rocco and S.Sebastiano, from the facade of the church of S.Rocco (near the cemetery, now abandoned), restored and preserved in the parish church of S.Nicolao

The Church was probably built between the 13th and 14th centuries and was closely linked to the Castle which can be accessed via the side slope.

An old castle on the side of the hill that could be seen from far

Castle with an imposing tower located in a park on the top of a small hill