Italy · 17th century
Paraggi Castle ranks #3,079 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #241 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded 1626, it is older than 28% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,577 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
Paraggi Castle (Italian: Castello di Paraggi) is a castle located in Paraggi, Liguria, Italy.
The castle was built at the time of the Republic of Genoa to protect the coast of the Tigullio area. Some sources indicate 1626 as the year when its construction was decided. The castle was occupied by Napoleonic forces between 1812 and 1814, at the time of the First French Empire. The structure, which underwent several changes across the centuries, later became a private residence. In the 1990s, the then owners, the Bonomi Bolchini family, rented the property to Silvio Berlusconi.
The castle is located on a small promontory that delimitates the eastern side of the bay of Paraggi, and lies within the comune of Santa Margherita Ligure along the road to Portofino.
Text adapted from “Paraggi Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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