{"id":39346,"date":"2022-09-27T17:13:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T15:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/aloisa-the-legend-of-the-phantom-of-grazzano\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:42:22","slug":"aloisa-the-legend-of-the-phantom-of-grazzano","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/aloisa-the-legend-of-the-phantom-of-grazzano\/","title":{"rendered":"Aloisa, the phantom of Grazzano Visconti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every castle has its own ghost; the one of Grazzano Visconti<\/a> is female and named Aloisa.<\/p>\n

Aloisa: the ghost of Grazzano<\/h3>\n

According to the legend, Aloisa was the natural daughter of Giovanni Anguissola, the owner of the castle of Grazzano. Aloisa wasn’t so beautiful and not so tall, but thanks to an arranged wedding she got married with a third cousin.
\nAloisa fell in love immediately with the handsome guy, but unfortunately he never returned love back to her, indeed, she was abandoned and she died from sorrow.
\nFrom that moment on Aloisa is considered the protector of all the unrequited lovers;
\nPeople living this kind of situation, still nowadays turns to her. They generally choose an\u00a0 object able to comfort her and demostrate appreciation towards her. People leave the gift on her sculpture near the Biscione Square.<\/p>\n

The sculpture<\/h3>\n

According to the tradition, the features of the sculpture were decided by Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, the owner of the castle from 1900.
\nIt is said that he met around the castle the phantom of the woman and he decided to create her figure. The sculpture shown between the streets of the castle is proposed inside the yard of the castle and in one of the room too. Through the visit of the Castle, it’s possible to discover the supposed room of Aloisa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every castle has each phantom; the one of Grazzano Visconti is female and named Aloisa. According to the legend, Aloisa was the natural daughter of Giovanni Anguissola, the owner of the castle of Grazzano. Aloisa wasn\u2019t so beautiful girl and not so tall, but thanks to an arranged wedding she got married with a third cousin. Aloisa fell in love immediately with the handsome guy, but unfortunately he never returned love back to her, indeed, she was abandoned and she died from sorrow. From that moment Aloisa is considered the protector of all the unrequited lovers ; Who has this specific issue, still nowadays turns to her, leaving to the side of her sculpture near the Biscione Square. Generally people is choising an object able to compforting her and demostrating appreciation towards her. According to the tradition, the features of the sculpture were decided by Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, the owner of the castle from 1900. It is said that he met around the castle the phantom of the woman and he decided to create her figure. The sculpture shown between the streets of the castle it\u2019s proposed inside of the yard of the castle and in one of the room too. 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