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Sormano

Castle of the Sormani, Sormano

Remains of the castle destroyed in 1555, with walls rebuilt in the 1960s and a serizzo stone gateway bearing the Sormani arms.

Visit duration
15–30 min
Booking
Not required
Area
The Triangle
The stone enclosure with its swallowtail merlons and the gate tower on the left, on a green meadow under a clear sky; behind, a few roofs and a wooded hill, and a fir branch on the right.Ysogo · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Riccardo Beretta · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Riccardo Beretta · CC BY-SA 4.0

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The stone enclosure with its swallowtail merlons and the gate tower on the left, on a green meadow under a clear sky; behind, a few roofs and a wooded hill, and a fir branch on the right.

Ysogo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

The Castello dei Sormani preserves remains of a medieval enclosure, partly rebuilt in the twentieth century, around a meadow outside central Sormano.

The castle of the village's lords was destroyed by Spanish troops in 1555 on Charles V's orders. Its stones were reused in the new parish church and local houses. Swallowtail battlements and a serizzo stone gateway, with the Sormani arms and a plaque, were added in the 1960s. These additions use the same stone as the old walls, making the different building phases difficult to distinguish.

  • The surviving enclosure walls and twentieth-century additions.
  • The serizzo stone gateway, Sormani arms and plaque on the castle's history.

Highlights

  • The gate tower with its stone arch
  • The swallowtail merlons
  • The meadow inside the walls

Getting there

  • It stands at the place called Castello, along Via Castello, a little south of the centre of Sormano.

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