The Spinola family has owned the Tassarolo castle since the 14th Century. It was built around a Roman tower built in 250 A.D. and has been enlarged and renovated several times since, particularly during the Renaissance.
In a report commissioned by the Emperor Ferdinad III in 1656 on his imperial fiefs the castle of Tassarolo is mentioned as belonging to Count Filippo Spinola, “…it is a beautiful and strong castle, five miles from Seravalle . It has about eighty hearths (families), but not subordinates . There is good wine, every sort of bread, a good quantity of hay, meat and every kind of cheese…”

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