The Proh Castle is located in the Novara hills, a few kilometers from Novara. It was once a place of "leisure and delights", as Francesco Sforza defined it in 1400, …
The castle of Barengo stands on the hill behind the town of Barengo, in an elevated position over the surrounding plain, along the road that originally connected the Via Francigena with the fords on the Sesia river.
A document of investiture of the fief, castle and villa of Lenta in Palatino Avogadro, by Ottone di Biandrate, attests that the place was already fortified in 1178. The peculiarity …