Visconti-Sforza Castle, Vigevano

Name: Visconti-Sforza Castle
Address: Vigevano, Italy

#1 among attractions in Vigevano

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The Visconti-Sforza Castle is a mediaeval 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. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 45°19'2"N, 8°51'26"E

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Visconti-Sforza Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vigevano Cathedral, Abbey of Sant'Albino, Morimondo Abbey, Museo internazionale della calzatura.

~510 ftE
Church, Specialty museum, Art museum
Vigevano Cathedral, Vigevano
3 min walk • Vigevano Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Ambrose and located in the Piazza Ducale of Vigevano, Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Vigevano. The present building dates from the 16th century, with a west front of the 1670s.
7.1 miSW
Church
Abbey of Sant'Albino
180 min walk • The Abbey of Sant'Albino is a church-monastery complex, founded in the 5th century in Mortara, Province of Pavia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
5 miNE
Monastery, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Morimondo Abbey, Morimondo
129 min walk • Morimondo Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery located at Morimondo, a few kilometers south of Abbiategrasso in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. The surviving structure is Romanesque and Gothic. It was founded in 1134 as a daughter house of Morimond Abbey near Dijon, from which it took its name.
~70 ftSW
Museum, Specialty museum
Museo internazionale della calzatura
1 min walk • The Pietro Bertolini International Footwear Museum is located inside the Castello Sforzesco in Vigevano. The museum was established in the 1950s on the initiative of Vigevano historian Luigi Barni and was dedicated to Pietro Bertolini, the first...
4.2 miS
Forts and castles
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5.4 miE
Locality
Besate
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0.9 miN
45°19'50"N • 8°51'37"E
Mulino Mora Bassa Vigevano, Vigevano
25 min walk • Watermill
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Locality
Ozzero
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5.7 miSW
Locality
Parona
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