Castello di Cusercoli

From the valley floor, Castello di Cusercoli presents as a long, grey silhouette, enlivened by the cypresses of its hanging gardens. The main body is cruciform, a shape born from the intersection of a vast rectangular church with the Baroque palace. To the south, the baron’s residence shows the scars of earlier fortifications, its upper section truncated by a landslide in 1937. The central wing bears the architectural marks of an 18th-century gentry home, layered over the medieval stronghold: ornate windows with triangular pediments, a gate with cruciform piers, and crowning finials. The main entrance, a triple-vaulted porch sheltering two converging ramps to a balcony, is a structure typical of Romagnan villas of the period. Inside, vast halls were decorated between the late 1700s and the 19th century: a room of the seasons, a stripped dining hall, a bedroom with alcove. The 18th-century furnishings and archaeological collection are gone, leaving only the architecture to speak of the past.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.