The Rivalta castle is an imposing fortified complex located in Rivalta, a hamlet of the Italian municipality of Gazzola, in the province of Piacenza.
Placed on a steep escarpment (high bank) overlooking the bank of the Trebbia river, it has a low position but which allows a wide view of the shore, which at this point is very wide, and the surrounding countryside.
The castle of Rivalta, together with that of Statto and the castles of Montechiaro and Rivergaro, located on the opposite bank of the Trebbia, located on the slopes of the first hills, where the river, embedded in the mountains to the south, begins to flow into the Po Valley ; they controlled the access to the Trebbia valley of the caminus Genue, once an important communication route with the Genoese and, therefore, the sea.
The Rivalta Castle
Address: Loc. Rivalta Trebbia, Rivalta di Gazzola, 29010
Phone: 3392987892
Site:
https://www.castellodirivalta.it/Location inserted by
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