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The square in front of the castle is nice and you can have a good gelato or sweets there.

This palace is called the "Versailles" of Lombardy. Everything is locked. According to the sign, it can be visited by appointment. The grounds are vast.

Chignolo Po Castle

On gravel we followed dirt roads along waterways and cycle paths as much as possible, but you can get there faster with a road bike.

We left Gorgonzola in the direction of the Chignolo Po Castle, one of the sumptuous country residences of Lombardy, and after about three hours we arrived at our destination... discovering that the Castle was closed... no big deal we took pictures from the outside. Its oldest part is the tower, built as a garrison on the Po and on the connecting routes between northern Europe and Italy. The Castle, built in the thirteenth century, was transformed into a princely palace in the eighteenth century, through an imaginative stylistic reworking of the building. It appears as a majestic terracotta construction, surmounted by a protruding gallery supported by stone brackets. Each window is framed in white. The most spectacular element is the central tower, square and with battlements, embellished with a small loggia. Inside you can admire the apartments in which Pope Clement XI, Napoleon Bonaparte and Francis I of Austria were hosted, as well as the sumptuous ballroom on whose ceiling the glory of the four seasons is painted. The Castle is also home to the Museum of the History of Lombard Agricultural Civilization, created with the intent of bringing together the many historical realities that have formed the foundation of the agricultural activities of the lower Po Valley and the Lombard Wine Museum. The visit route aims to admire the monumental complex of the Castle of Chignolo Po and to enhance the history of its centuries-old royal fiefdom and its position along the Via Francigena. The visits are only guided as the Castle is a private residence. Nice trip!

The parish church, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, was completed in its present form in the early 1860s around the pre-existing church dating back to around 1650. The presbytery has a quadrangular plan, the liturgical space consists of an initial part with an elliptical plan (original) and a rectangular part (extension) with two lateral devotional chapels. On the outside there is no notable decoration, except for the Mannerist finish of the filled window of the front facade. The main entrance is dominated by a portico supported by two brick columns. The vaults inside are mainly barrel vaulted; a dome-shaped vault covers the original elliptical space. In correspondence with the rectangular hall on the left we find the chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, on the right in front of it the chapel of St. Anthony of Padua. The original part of the church is one of the rare elliptical models present in this part of Lombardy.

only the summer swimming pool is open; the winter one has been closed for 2 years (2024). Entrance 9 euros

Place of historical, cultural, architectural and tourist interest Via Galdino, Via Stazione, Via Aglieri, 1, 27013 Chignolo Po PV http://www.castellodichignolopo.it/ 3201198899