Piemonte Italia

Castello dei Cepollini

Built during the 14th century - probably by the Cepollini Counts - this castle-fortress is located behind the town of Alto. Sacked and partially destroyed during the French invasion of 1796, it was readapted around the end of the 19th century with the highest parts of the two large towers demolished and the complex covered with a pitched roof. Inside, on the ground floor, there is a vast space once used as a court with a large and imposing staircase on one side which leads to the piano nobile.