ItalianoHIGHLIGHTS
- The story of a millenary castle remained unconquered
- A guided visit to an unusual eclectic House- Museum
- Marvellous landscapes overlooking the Taro Valley
- The tractable and tough Bardigiano horses
- An unpolluted nature
At a gallop between art and nature in Compiano!
A half day to spend either in pairs or in family to discover the history, the art and the nature of the Taro Valley: an interesting visit to the museum collections of Compiano Castle, the Landi Princes’ ancient residence and later on a bizarre Marquise’s mansion and then a relaxing walk on horseback among easy panoramic paths inside a WWF reserve to enjoy marvellous landscapes, sounds and scents of Nature.
You will meet your guide right at the Compiano Castle for a visit to the museum collections kept inside the ancient stronghold, built to defend the Taro Valley, where you will enjoy the rich eclectic collection exhibited in those sumptuous rooms, tastefully furnished by their last owner, the Marquise Lina Raimondi Gambarotta. Finally you might also visit, on your own, the International Masonry Museum, the only one in Italy, which is connected to the historical period when in 1823 and 1831 Compiano Castle was used as a prison and some political dissidents, exponents of the Carbonarist Movement and Freemasonry, were imprisoned there.
Compiano is counted among the most beautiful villages in Italy. That ancient urban conglomeration, mentioned since 1021, arose on the historical route that connected Emilia, Tuscany and Liguria and still today it dominates the Taro High Valley.
At the end of your visit, transfer, by your own car, to a nearby riding school in order to approach the world of the tractable horses of Bardigiano breed and to ride along easy but satisfying paths.
