{"id":22456,"date":"2020-11-30T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/olgisio-fortress\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:45:26","slug":"olgisio-fortress","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/","title":{"rendered":"Olgisio Fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olgisio Fortress<\/strong> is one of the most ancient and most suggestive fortresses in the province of Piacenza, both for its position dominating Tidone and Chiarone streams and for its architecture.<\/p>\n

Its story goes back to the eleventh century, when it belonged to S.Savino’s monks from Piacenza; after being conquered by Gian Galeazzo Visconti in 1378, it was surrendered by Visconti himself to the Dal Verme family, who owned it, with intervals, until the half of the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n

It has belonged to the Bengalli family since 1979.<\/p>\n

It has an irregular plan due to the uneven ground. It’s surrounded by 6 imposing rounds of walls which helped improve the defence system. The 16th century loggia is remarkable.
\nJust outside it there are some caves, which used to shelter partisans during the 2nd world war and are presently being studied by speleologists.
\nRocca d’Olgisio is famous for its torture room: a drop of water perennially falls in a sandstone tub, and this is the so called ‘drop torture’.
\nIn the inner ward there’s a 50 m deep pit, and at the half of the pit a gallery has been excavated to allow escape and food delivery to the people under siege<\/p>\n

During French siege, at the beginning of 1500, the fortress was struck by 1160 cannon strikes in 8 days,and lost just one angle tower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olgisio Fortress is one of the most ancient and most suggestive fortresses in the province of Piacenza, both for its position dominating Tidone and Chiarone streams and for its architecture. Its story goes back to the eleventh century, when it belonged to S.Savino\u2019s monks from Piacenza; after being conquered by Gian Galeazzo Visconti in 1378, it was surrendered by Visconti himself to the Dal Verme family, who owned it, with intervals, until the half of the nineteenth century. It has belonged to the Bengalli family since 1979. It has an irregular plan due to the uneven ground. It\u2019s surrounded by 6 imposing rounds of walls which helped improve the defence system. The 16th century loggia is remarkable. Just outside it there are some caves, which used to shelter partisans during the 2nd world war and are presently being studied by speleologists. Rocca d\u2019Olgisio is famous for its torture room: a drop of water perennially falls in a sandstone tub, and this is the so called \u2018drop torture\u2019. In the inner ward there\u2019s a 50 m deep pit, and at the half of the pit a gallery has been excavated to allow escape and food delivery to the people under siege During French siege, at the beginning of 1500, the fortress was struck by 1160 cannon strikes in 8 days,and lost just one angle tower . Services offered: guided tours, night stay (B&B)","protected":false},"featured_media":22965,"template":"","territorio":[934],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[925],"class_list":["post-22456","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-val-tidone-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-villages-and-castles"],"acf":{"orario":"

Rocca d\u2019Olgisio Castle is open to the public on the first Sunday of every month from May to October 2026 (3 May, 7 June, 5 July, 2 August, 6 September, 4 October).<\/p>\n

Opening hours:<\/p>\n

mornings from 9.30 am to 11.30 am*
\nfrom 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm*<\/p>\n

* Start time of the last guided tour. Please arrive at the ticket office at least 10 minutes before the start of the last tour<\/p>\n

For groups of at least 15 people<\/strong>, the castle is open every Saturday and Sunday from May to October, subject to booking.<\/p>\n","chiusura_settimanale":"","tariffe":"","location":{"lat":"44.9142112","lng":"9.3927053","address":"Rocca d'Olgisio, Pianello Val Tidone"},"iat":false,"contatti_iat":[{"contatto_iat":"telephone","valore":"+39 335 6346023"},{"contatto_iat":"email","valore":"info@roccadolgisio.it"},{"contatto_iat":"website","valore":"http:\/\/www.roccadolgisio.it\/"}],"accessibilita_disabili":"","localita":33073},"yoast_head":"\nOlgisio Fortress - Visit Piacenza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olgisio Fortress is one of the most ancient and suggestive fortresses in the province of Piacenza, for its position on Tidone stream.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olgisio Fortress - Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olgisio Fortress is one of the most ancient and suggestive fortresses in the province of Piacenza, for its position on Tidone stream.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-29T13:45:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rocca-Olgisio.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/\",\"name\":\"Olgisio Fortress - Visit Piacenza\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rocca-Olgisio.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-30T10:04:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-29T13:45:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"Olgisio Fortress is one of the most ancient and suggestive fortresses in the province of Piacenza, for its position on Tidone stream.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/olgisio-fortress\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rocca-Olgisio.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rocca-Olgisio.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1067,\"caption\":\"PIANELLO VAL TIDONE (PIACENZA). 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