Zavattarello

The name recalls the cobblers who for centuries made slippers here, and their stone houses still line the old quarter reached through a towered arch. Above them the Dal Verme castle rises on its rock in the upper Val Tidone, built entirely of stone with walls up to four metres thick; legend says Pietro Dal Verme, poisoned in 1485, still walks its rooms.

Highlights

• Castello Dal Verme, with more than 40 rooms and views to neighbouring castles (IT)
• The contemporary art museum in the castle's upper rooms
• The old cobblers' quarter, entered through a towered arch with a guardroom
• San Paolo church, up steps at the end of a plane-tree avenue
• The dragon guarding an apple tree, painted above the castle gate

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.