Castello di Pomaro

Weddings Castello di Pomaro Monferrato. Wedding venues Alessandria Piedmont Italy

Pomaro Monferrato is a small village known mainly because of its medieval castle located on the top of the hill.
Today the building resembles a u-shaped manor house built in red terracotta bricks. Its many-sided crenellated towers show Ghibelline merlons atop.

The foundations prove the antique origins of the Castle,
originally built at the beginning of the XIIIth century.
Later its walls were further reinforced to make them look more like a dungeon.
Subsequently the Castle was the target for several attacks, which resulted in damage to its structure.

In 1929, during the important refurbishing works undertaken by Marquise Della Valle, a jagged decorative motif was uncovered on its façade as well as some window panes with genuine medieval details.
Most of the land surrounding the Castle comprises an original nineteenth century garden.

In front of the main entrance to the Castle stand 2 impressive 130 year-old Celtis Australis
whose heights are 30 and 20 meters respectively, which is as high as a 10-storey building, and whose circumferences are 4.6m and 4.1m

The trees have an impressive overhang enhanced by their being positioned right above the 2 monumental staircases leading up to the Castle.

Presumably, the trees were planted during the last re-designing and refurbishing works of the garden and park, which took place during the XIXth century.
The Castle is much older though as the original vital central core dates back to the XIIIth century.