An interesting route in the upper Curone Valley is the one that leads to the walled remains of the Brusamonica Castle, a small town about two kilometers from Caldirola.
In the late Middle Ages, the village was a fiefdom of the Genoese Spinola family until 1518, who built the castle in 1100. In 1518 Tolomeo Spinola was left without …
The castle stands on the left bank of the Curone torrent and opposite the town, on a hill with steep and rugged sides, in a position suitable for controlling the …
On top of a rocky spur of Monte Carmo, which dominates the village below, stands the Malaspina Castle, also known as Carrega Castle. Although the first documented mention of Carrega …