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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.

The castello was built in the first half of the 13th century and was the residence of the Milanese Noble family de'Ghiriglioni. The small fortress originally encompassed an area of 41 x 54 metres enclosed by a wall with 4 guard towers at each corner. The south-eastern wall bordered directly on the lake and had its own jetty. Moats around the three remaining walls offered further protection from potential aggressors. After 400 years the de'Ghiriglioni family returned to Milan in the 17th century. While the Western area of the castle was almost completely destroyed over the centuries, the Eastern part remains and ist today the Hotel Castello Seeschloss. You can stay in the south-eastern tower.

view in good weather

Beautiful view of the castelli of Cannero.

In 1519 Ludovico Borromeo settled on the islets in front of Cannero and Cannobio. Exactly five centuries later the works for the restoration of the Castles of Cannero restarted. Three years is the time needed to transform them into a museum that will tell the story of the castle through the centuries, thanks to the finds found during the archaeological excavation campaigns and with the help of appropriate information technologies. https://www.isoleborromee.it/castelli-di-cannero/

In the Middle Ages, the robber baron brothers Mazzardi tyrannized the entire lake region until they kidnapped the daughters of Podesta from Cannobio and thus overstepped the mark. Filippo Visconti destroyed its fortifications in 1414 and had the robber barons executed. The larger island is to be developed for tourism, which can be seen from the renovation work with the large yellow construction crane.