Castello dei Fieschi di Zumaglia (Zumaglia)

Castles

Castello dei Fieschi di Zumaglia (Zumaglia)

Category: Castles

An aura of mystery and legend has enveloped the Castello di Zumaglia since the Renaissance, since the time of the feud between Filiberto Ferrero Fieschi and Giovanni Pecchio “guilty” of having sentence the lord of the castle to a pecuniary penalty and, for this, imprisoned for twenty years in the dungeons. Pecchio, who battled his own children, cursed Fieschi whose ghost, according to legend, still wanders today, on nights when there is a full moon, in the form of a long-horned goat. The castle, which plays an important role in the geography of the Biella area, was built by Giovanni Fieschi, Archbishop of Vercelli, and was been restructured several times before Vittorio Buratti gave it its present form in 1938.

Information

Via Castello - 13848 Zumaglia (Bi)
Tel. +39.015.461457 (Comune)