Turbigo Castle

Turbigo Castle, locally more commonly known as Castello Visconteo di Turbigo, lies in the town of the same name, in the Milan province in the Lombardy region in Italy.

A castle at Turbigo, guarding a ford on the Ticino river, was first mentioned in the 9th century. Around the end of the 12th century that castle was conquered by the Della Torre family. They rebuilt it in the 13th century. In the late 13th century it was taken over by the Visconti family.

In 1569 the castle passed to the Gallarati family. Later that century, in 1591, it passed to the Landi family who owned it until the end of the 18th century. During their ownership the Landis adapted the castle to their needs and it slowly lost its defensive purpose and appearance.

During the 18th century the nobility declined, the castle degraded due to a lack of maintenance and finally fell into the hands of peasant families. For some time it was used by a tannery. In 1922 it was restored and given a 14th century appearance.

Turbigo Castle is now a private residence and can not be visited. Not a very interesting castle.

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