Il castello di Gambolò (o castello Litta) è una roccaforte presumibilmente risalente al X-XI secolo, situata nell'omonima località, in provincia di Pavia. 

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The Visconti-Sforza Castle is a Middle Age castle located in the centre of the city of Vigevano, Lombardy, Northern Italy. In the 14th and 15th centuries, members of the Visconti and Sforza houses, lords and dukes of Milan, transformed a previous fortification into a vast family resort. The castle was part of a wider plan of urban development for Vigevano, which included the erection of other buildings and the construction of the central Piazza Ducale.
History
The Visconti-Sforza period
Luchino Visconti, Lord of Milan and ruler of Vigevano since 1337, began to transform the existing fortification into a local residence for his family. The construction was continued by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, first Duke of Milan, and completed by his heirs, Ludovico il Moro and his grandchild Gian Galeazzo Sforza. Donato Bramante had been working on the project of the castle. Leonardo Da Vinci is known to have frequented Vigevano and supposedly attended to the works.[2][3] The castle was completed in the last years of the 15th century.

The result was a wide resort covering a surface of 70,000 square meters. The castle consisted of several buildings arranged elliptically and serving different purposes. The imposing main body (Maschio or Ducal Palace) had a U-shape plan with the two wings facing the center of the courtyard of the castle. The Ladies' Palace (Loggia delle Dame), built by Bramante, was reserved to the Duchess and the ladies of the court. A building for the breeding of falcons (Falconiera) and stables for horses (Scuderie) were also part of the castle. The Falconiera was connected to the Ducal Palace through a loggia elevated over the ground. The tower of the castle (Bramante Tower) was modelled after that of the Milan Castle, designed by Filarete. Raised to be visible from the center of Vigevano, it was completed in 1491.

Visconti-Sforza Castle (Vigevano)

Il castello di Scaldasole si trova nel comune di Scaldasole, in provincia di Pavia.
Storia
Il nucleo originale del castello fu costruito tra il X ed il XII secolo e fu feudo della famiglia dei Campeggi. Tra il 1334 e il 1404 passò alla famiglia Folperti che fece intraprendere dagli architetti Milanino de Saltariis, Bernardo e Martino de Soncino, la costruzione sul lato sud del castello originale, del ricetto, vasto cortile rettangolare fortificato in grado di raccogliere in caso di necessità l'intera popolazione del paese.
Il castello si presenta con l'impianto tipico delle fortificazioni viscontee di pianura, con gli edifici che formano un cortile centrale rettangolare - con al centro un pozzo in laterizio - delimitato da torri angolari munite di merlatura esterna, di fossato e barbacane con un ponte levatoio all'ingresso. La sua tipologia edilizia tuttavia si caratterizza nel panorama lombardo dalla presenza, a sud, del ricetto che risulta costituito da tre corpi di fabbrica uniti al castello con due torri gemelle ed una centrale in corrispondenza dell'ingresso orientale.

Successivamente, i marchesi Malaspina, nuovi feudatari di Scaldasole, abbellirono il castello con un portico ed una loggia e fecero affrescare alcune sale. Fu questo complesso edilizio, con le sue sette torri medioevali, le volte e i camini rinascimentali, ad ospitare nel tempo alcuni illustri personaggi tra cui nel 1491 Isabella d'Aragona, figlia di Alfonso duca di Calabria e promessa sposa di Gian Galeazzo Sforza duca di Milano, nel 1497 l'imperatore Massimiliano I d'Asburgo e nel 1533 Carlo V d'Asburgo.

Tra il secolo XV e il XVII secolo il castello fu oggetto di innumerevoli passaggi di proprietà: Filippo Maria Visconti, toltolo alla famiglia Folperti, nel 1436 lo diede al camerario ducale messer Innico I d'Avalos figlio di Ruy López Dávalos conte di Ribadeo e nel 1444 a Giovanni Pietro da Sesto, che la restituì ai Folperti nel 1451. Cinque anni dopo pervenne a Francesco Pico della Mirandola conte di Concordia e nel 1461, per atto di successione, a suo genero Giacomo Malaspina, marchese di Fosdinovo. Nel 1577 fu ceduto al conte Rinaldo Tettoni, il quale lo vendette al cardinale Tolomeo Gallio di Como nel 1582 i cui eredi, i Gallio Trivulzio duchi d'Alvito, alienarono le proprietà locali al loro livellario Carlo Brielli nel 1799 che, tre anni dopo, le diede in investitura perpetua al nobile Giovanni Antonio Strada di Garlasco, ai cui discendenti appartiene tuttora.

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Castello di Scaldasole

The Visconti Castle of Abbiategrasso is a Middle Age castle located in Abbiategrasso, Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. It lies on the axis of the Naviglio Grande and from its tower the navigation along the canal toward Milan could be controlled. In the 15th century it was one of the preferred places of residence of the dukes and duchesses of Milan.

History
The Visconti Castle of Abbiategrasso was probably built at the end of the 13th century on the site of a previous fortification (castro Margazario) near a Benedictine monastery. It was enlarged by Azzone Visconti (1329-1339) and Gian Galeazzo (1378-1402). In 1438 it was restored and embellished by the Duke Filippo Maria and – lost every defensive function and easily reachable by water along the Naviglio Grande – it became his favorite country mansion.

To the castle had some inclination the duchesses of Milan. Here (as an alternative to Cusago) had a stable residence Agnese del Maino, mistress of the Duke Filippo Maria and mother of Bianca Maria. The Sforza, dukes of Milan and descendants of Bianca Maria, favored the castle of Abbiategrasso to enhance their Visconti origins.

After the Visconti-Sforza period, the castle progressively assumed again the role of a stronghold, especially during the years of the Italian Wars (1494-1559). In 1658 three towers were demolished and the fourth was cut off. In 1862 it was sold to the municipality, which in the following years obliterated the ramparts to make place to the new train station, at the same time taking care of some restorations.

Visconti Castle (Abbiategrasso)

Rooms with brick vaults and stone columns or coffered ceilings, large room with floors in ancient terracotta and a vast and well-tended garden rich in plants and flowers are the features of Castello di Vespolate, in the Novara province. The atmosphere is that of a building with a millenary history: there is certain information about it since 1053, when the Countess Adelaide, daughter of the Count of Parma and widow of the Count of Pombia, donated it to Rudolfo da Besate. It was then passed down by the Sforza family to the Farnese and by the Spaniards to the bishop of Novara. Subsequently, with the law of 1866 expropriating church assets, the castle and fortress of Vespolate were passed on to private individuals.

Castello di Vespolate

The Visconti Castle of Binasco is a Middle Age castle located in the center of Binasco, Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is famed for having been the prison of Beatrice di Tenda (Duchess of Milan and wife of Filippo Maria Visconti), who was arrested and there sentenced to death for adultery in 1418. Today it is the seat of the municipality of Binasco.

History
The castle originated from a stronghold built by the Visconti in the 14th century to take care of their land in the area. Probably between 1315 and 1319 the nearby church of Saint Stephan was founded and the castle built by Luchino Visconti, Lord of Milan. The first mention of a castle in Binasco dates back to 1329, when it was used by Azzone Visconti and his uncle Giovanni as a prison for their political opponents.

In the 17th century the castle underwent transformations and restorations. At the end of the 19th century it was sacked during the Napoleonic age and in 1869 hit by a ruinous fire. The current aspect is the result of subsequent restorations that gave back the sense of the ancient fortress. Two towers are still visible along the south front

Visconti Castle (Binasco)

The Castle is the last fragment of a wall dating from the ninth century building. The first references to the castle are in a narrative of Wippone of 1037. Today's complex only has some original parts and is the result of careful restoration work of architect Piero Portaluppi in the years 1941-1942. The internal colonnade to the garden and the apse of a door from a monastery of Stigmativi of Verona, date back to the sixteenth century.
After traveling the long driveway framed by trees and flowers, you get to the castle.
A charming tower and an old porch with decorations and original inlays welcome guests.
The whole structure is set within a huge verdant park of 1,000 square meters dotted with statues and ancient sculptures.

Castelletto (Corbetta)

Castello Visconteo
The Castello Visconteo or Visconti Castle is a castle in Pavia, Lombardy, northern Italy.

It was built in 1360 by Galeazzo II Visconti, soon after the taking of the city, a free city-state until then. The credited architect is Bartolino da Novara. The castle used to be the main residence of the Visconti family, while the political capital of the state was Milan. North of the castle a wide park was enclosed, also including the Certosa of Pavia, founded 1396 according to a vow of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, meant to be a sort of private chapel of the Visconti dynasty. The Battle of Pavia (1525), climax of the Italian Wars, took place inside the castle park.

It presently houses the Civic Museums of Pavia (Museo Civici di Pavia) including the Pinacoteca Malaspina, Museo Archeologico and Sala Longobarda, Sezioni Medioevale e Rinascimentale Quadreria dell’800 (Collezione Morone), Museo del Risorgimento, Museo Robecchi Bricchetti, and the Cripta di Sant’Eusebio.
