트라베세톨로‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪18‬개의 동굴

A short detour to visit the town center (and perhaps stop at a bar for a snack)

rideable climbs, well exposed for winter cycling

definitely for the Votigno nucleus which repays you for the climbs while for the Canossa castle what can I say.... to enjoy a wonderful view you have to climb up the tower which remains after centuries of abandonment on the spur of the hill but after the climbs done with the bike, which often reach 10%, the desire is not always left.

First Castle encountered during the return, the Catello di Panocchia. The castle, whose history is almost unknown, was probably built between the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century at the behest of the Cantelli counts, feudal lords of Panocchia and already owners of a building in the village at least since 1422. Following the death in 1736 of the last count Paolo Cantelli, the building was inherited by the marquis Alfonso Bevilacqua, his great-nephew, who added his great-uncle's surname to his own. The structure, modified several times, became the summer residence of the family, who hosted various illustrious people there, including the poet Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, who remembered the stay in one of his compositions. In 1974 it was bought by the brothers of the Piacenza Nicelli family, who later passed it on to their descendants.[

It was built around 940 by Adalberto Azzo. Known for having been the site of the "Pardon of Canossa": in the midst of the Investiture War, on 27 January 1077, Pope Gregory VII absolved Emperor Henry IV from excommunication in the presence of Countess Matilda and Abbot Hugh of Cluny.

The name of the castle stems from the term “Torciara”, literally “wine press”, as in the Middle Ages, this area this area was renowned for its vineyards and olive tree groves. Between 1448 and 1460, “condottiero” Pier Maria II de’ Rossi, a powerful lord of these lands, ordered the construction of this complex on a preexisting fortified building. The structure had to fulfill a double role, a dichotomy of sense and function. On the one hand, it was a military and defensive stronghold for the control of the underlying valley. On the other hand, however, it was the cradle of his love for Bianca Pellegrini di Arturo. Inside, the castle the decorations of the lunettes and of the rib vaults pay homage to the story of Pier Mattia and Bianca Pellegrini.

See this link: https://www.castellidelducato.it/castellidelducato/castello.asp?el=rocca-di-salabaganza

It was the hunting residence of the Farnese and Bourbon Dukes. It had a role of primary importance in the defensive system of the castles of Parma: counts and dukes lived here for centuries, the Sanvitale, the Farnese, the Bourbons. It is enriched by a large eighteenth-century garden surrounded by period walls. It preserves precious frescoes and stuccos inside, settings where women of hearts, culture and conspiracies spun destinies and plots.