Castello di Montechiaro

Montechiaro Castle is a fortified complex located in Montechiaro, a town in the Italian municipality of Rivergaro, in the province of Piacenza.

Situated on the first hills of the Ligurian Apennines, it dominated the lower Trebbia Valley. With the vanished castle of Rivergaro, which was located a little further downstream, and with the castles of Statto and Rivalta, located on the opposite bank of the river, it formed a defensive quadrilateral that controlled the caminus Genue, the road that led from Piacenza to Genoa, connecting the Po Valley with the Ligurian Sea.