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Charming village with a turret.

Panoramic, evocative... a corner of peace!!!

Nice, I didn't know it existed! unfortunately closed

In medieval times, in this small village on the first hills of Ozzano there stood a castle built to defend the Via Emilia and the surrounding territory, dating back to at least 1099 and rebuilt in 1175. Today, part of the ancient walls and the tower remain as evidence of this past. recently restored, which over the centuries has become the symbolic building of Ozzano dell'Emilia, to the point of even appearing in the municipal coat of arms. Inside the picturesque village there is a traditional tavern of the same name and the ancient church of San Pietro.

...the origins of the fortress of Imola date back to 1261, when the municipality decided to build a fortress to defend the city. ... The fortress then had a quadrangular perimeter with nine square towers, four at the corners and four at the center of each curtain wall, plus an entrance tower on the eastern side and a mighty central keep. In the second half of the 15th century, the transformation of the medieval fortress into a new structure capable of withstanding the destructive power of modern artillery began. ... Beginning in 1480, the square corner towers were incorporated into new, thicker circular towers capable of withstanding bombardment, and construction of an internal residence began. The crisis of the Riario-Sforza lordship and the siege of the fortress launched in 1499 by Cesare Borgia, known as Valentino, decreed the return of direct papal rule. ... With the definitive annexation of Imola to the Papal States, the fortress's use as a prison intensified, a situation that continued until 1958, when restoration work began and the Sforza monument was converted into a museum. (Source: https://imolamusei.it/rocca-sforzesca/ )

The arch in front of the church is one of the few remains of the old Castle. ..."The first citation of a castle in the area dates back to 776 as castrum Gissaro quod dicitur Britu, or a castrum known as Britu and called Gissaro from the chalky relief in which it was located. In the 12th century document where it is mentioned, the castrum it is listed together with other localities as owned by the Dukes of Persiceta"... ..."Subsequently in 1137 it was conquered by the imperial troops of Lothair III, at the time at war against Bologna." In 1175 it again became a theater of war in the war between the Empire and the Commune; first sacked by the troops of Cristiano di Magonza it was then the site of a disastrous defeat for the Bolognese. In 1361 it was demolished by the Municipality of Bologna, after it had passed into the hands of Bernabò Visconti. After the 15th century the castle went into decline and already in the 18th century almost nothing remained. To date, very few testimonies remain, portions of the boundary walls and the skeleton of the entrance arch" Cit : Wikipedia

In the center of Imola stands the Rocca Sforzesca: a medieval castle. This is a fine example of fortified architecture from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

Tower that was part of the walls of the Castle of Ulgianum built in medieval times (around the year 1099) to defend the Via Emilia.