The tower with the Guelf battlements and the old entrance, the Knights’ hall and the wine cellars form the original nucleus of the medieval fortress that was built in 1200. Instead, the manor house and chapel are the result of important extension work carried out in 1700 which was then followed by restructuring in the nineteenth century. In 1953, the Castle and its vineyard became the property of the Reschigna Kettlitz family who have given new impetus to the production of high quality wines. The Castle’s winery is one of the oldest in Italy and it is open to the public with advance booking for guided visits, walks in the vineyards, wine tastings accompanied by local products, private or company events, concerts, exhibitions and special evenings. Accommodation is also available in the Castle Guesthouse.

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The castle that overlooks Sondrio, erected in a strategic position at the entrance of the Valmalenco valley, is the only military structure in Sondrio of medieval origin to have reached modern times intact and is still in use, although over the centuries its function has changed. Its architectural structure also changed, leading it to the heterogeneous and stratified aspect it has today, so that Masegra Castle provides us with a visible cross section of the past 700 years of history in Valtellina.

Its history is complex. Originally a medieval castle, the seat of the feudal lords known as the Capitanei, rulers of Sondrio, it was damaged and rebuilt many times, especially in the thirteen and fourteenth centuries. In the 15th and 16th century it served as the elegant seat of the Beccaria family, heirs to the Capitanei. Towards the end of the century, it was ceded to the powerful Grison clan of the Salis Soglio, who, following the grievous and sanguinary events of the two decades that opened with the so-called “Holy Slaughter”, turned it into a flourishing agricultural estate. It was seized and returned to its military function as a garrison with the territory’s annexation by Napoleon and finally, after World War II, it became a military post. Today, the castle complex is owned by the municipality.

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Masegra Castle

The Ginami Castle of Gromo was built in the XIII century by the family Buccelleni for military use as evidenced by the tower armigera now the symbol of the town. Built above a spur or lump of rock, will probably be this position to give the name to the village, which is not in fact appointed in official documents until the dawn of the XIII century.

Built in stone quoins local gray distributed in ashlar style, is positioned above a spur of rock and its imposing tower is visible from all over the valley. The part to the west is facing onto piazza Dante, who was the old market square. On the facade there is a large painting depicting San Cristoforo, performed during the first years of the twentieth century, to hide a damage of the facade. In the part facing the east the building is divided into two separate bodies and parallel, this part underwent a huge reconstruction in '900, when, due to the construction of the new provincial road in the valley bottom, donated a part of the rocky outcrop with one side of the castle. The tower with a square base, which is among the most ancient parts of the complex, has never suffered variations, in 1553 is an act of the Council of capigamiglia of Gromo for the realization of a bell pro faciendo unam campanam quae superius ponatur turis castri dominorum de Becellenis, bell which was authorized by the family of the castle, but that was never realized, the only variation is the roof that covers made in the first years of the twentieth century. In the restoration work of 1952 shooting light the ancient façade in masonry in large ashlars of squared stone and placed in regular courses on the side facing the square.

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