Pagazzano Castle

What it is and where it is

Surrounding walls, battlements, a water-filled moat and drawbridges: it looks like the setting of a historical novel, or a fantasy, but instead it is real and is located in Pagazzano, a short distance from Bergamo. It's an impressive castle whose interior has been mellowed over time, juxtaposing the mighty defensive structures with the graceful structures of aristocratic dwellings and the straightforward, practical ones of the agricultural world. The result is a complex that holds the story of centuries of local history.

Why it is special

Pagazzano Castle has a very long history behind it, but inside it is not just a museum of itself: thanks to municipal interventions and citizen initiative, various museums are set up in the different spaces of the castle. In the keep, for example, is the Historical Museum of the Border Castles, in the basement, the Museum of Peasant Civilization, but the Archaeological Museum of Great Works (M.A.G.O.) should not be overlooked either. More humble, but no less important, is the municipal library, to enable citizens to have a space to experience in their daily lives.