Castello della Lucertola
castle, chateau
305m
Provincia di Imperia, Liguria

A castle, that first belonged to the Counts of Ventimiglia and then the Doria, the home of the executioner, according to the municipal statute of 1267, where the heads of the executed were hanged as a warning of the living; a Countess, born a peasant woman, coming from the Ligurian Apricale succeded to weave a romantic relationship with a member of the family Romanov, Tsar of Russia, and when she returned to the castle, was surprised in the act of betrayal and killed by her legitimate husband… The castle, which hosts many events and exhibitions today is one of the most important cultural monuments of western Liguria

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Previous names
Castello della Lucertola, Castello della Lucertola
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Description

A castle, that first belonged to the Counts of Ventimiglia and then the Doria, the home of the executioner, according to the municipal statute of 1267, where the heads of the executed were hanged as a warning of the living;

a Countess, born a peasant woman, coming from the Ligurian Apricale succeded to weave a romantic relationship with a member of the family Romanov, Tsar of Russia, and when she returned to the castle, was surprised in the act of betrayal and killed by her legitimate husband…

The castle, which hosts many events and exhibitions today is one of the most important cultural monuments of western Liguria.

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- Il museo della Storia di Apricale

- Eventi culturali e mostre annuali

- Il giardino

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