Grazzano Visconti

The castle of Grazzano Visconti is a fortress located in the province of Piacenza in the municipality of Vigolzone. Located in a flat area along the Val di Nure state road 654 and the Grazzano stream.

It was built in 1395, perhaps on a pre-existing structure, by Giovanni Anguissola to reside there with his wife Beatrice Visconti, sister of Gian Galeazzo Visconti. It remained the property of the Anguissola family until 1870 when Count Filippo died without leaving heirs and the castle passed to his wife Fanny, born Visconti di Modrone, who are its current owners.

The castle

It has a quadrangular plan with towers on the four corners, two cylindrical and two square. Built in stone and brick, the alternation of the two materials is exploited in a decorative key with the alternation of bands and the use of terracotta profiles on a stone background. The buildings make up three sides of the complex, the fourth is closed by a crenellated wall farmacia-erezione.com. The entrance was permitted by a drawbridge, traces of which remain, over the still existing moat.