For sale castle, countryside Montiglio monferrato piemonte

The castle of Montiglio continues to dominate with its bulk the town and the hill on which it stands, characterizing its profile from a great distance. The present building, with an irregular, elongated L-shaped plan, is the remnant part of a more complex structure (known through unpublished surveys drawn up in the 18th century on the occasion of hereditary transitions) that had a U-shaped plan: dongione in the center and forepart extending in front of the south front, up to the building that now stands isolated at the southwest end of the courtyard.This layout, making the best use of the defensive possibilities of the site, corresponds to the medieval layout. Instead, the bastioned front was most likely added in the 16th century. The 18th-century survey highlights the very special conformation of the fort, composed of structurally independent towers aggregated according to the arrangement that ensured maximum efficiency for defense purposes.Initially organized on three levels above ground and fortified by a strong wall, built in 1481 by order of Marquis William VIII, the castle of Montiglio underwent considerable interventions in the 18th century, especially in the upper part of the northwest wing, giving the manor residential dignity with the creation of a grand staircase, an elegant ogival hall expanded by false squares, a terrace surmounted by a tower, and a portico that opens onto the garden to the north, where box hedges and cerasus laurel plants draw an evocative labyrinth. There is no castle that is not accompanied by legends of tunnels and tunnels, which, passing under hills, rivers and plains connected points far apart. The castle of Montiglio is no different; the present structure is the result of extensions, reconstructions and remodeling that followed one another for about a thousand years.

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