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Admire the Visconti Castle of Abbiategrasso

Place of cultural, historical, architectural and tourist interest Via del Castello, 5, 27023 Villanova PV

Small, very quiet hamlet, characterised by an ancient castle!

Beautiful view of the Archinto palace from the Naviglio towpath, starting point for several tours of the area.

The Visconti castle in Abbiategrasso is a medieval castle built since 1381. It is one of the first Visconti castles built on a quadrangular base, an architecture that would later become typical of Visconti castles.

Villanova is a small fraction of the Municipality of Cassolnovo. In addition to this church there is also the castle where Ludovico il Moro is said to have been born. L? building dates back to the century. XIV subsequently restored in 1455 and rearranged by the Gonzagas of Mantua in the sec. XVI, typical rural fortification of the Visconti-Sforza period, with a square layout with a central courtyard, four towers on the corners and an entrance tower with a drawbridge. While the towers and the bodies of buildings have no crenellations, perhaps removed in the arrangement carried out by the Gonzagas, the entrance tower still retains the crenellations and traces of the drawbridge. Even on one of the four corner towers there are remains of a drawbridge. The facades have lowered arch windows and decorations with a geometric motif painted in red and white vertical diamonds. There are wooden balconies on the facade towards the courtyard. Behind the town of Villanova there is also a cemetery in a complete state of abandonment.

Unique building of its kind.. to stop and see it