La rocca dei Veneziani di Brisighella Italy è raggiungibile a piedi tramite un 'impervia salita che parte da via degli Asini; è oppure raggiungibile con l'auto dall' esterno. Il percorso consigliato è quello a piedi, che sale attraverso un camminamento di selenite.La rocca fu costruita inizialmente per volere di Francesco Manfredi signore di Faenza nel 1310, e nel corso degli anni è stata rimodellata. Il suo nome deriva dalla conquista fatta dalla Repubblica di Venezia nel 1503, proprio in quell'anno la rocca viene ampliata e modificata, si aggiungono parti alla forma originale del "torricino". Successimante la rocca è passata nelle mani della chiesa fino a quando il territorio non viene ammesso all' Italia nel 1860.
Oggi è stata riaperta a al pubblico e puo' essere visitata tutti i giorni, da li' inoltre potrete godere della splendida veduta della valle dell' Amone e della città di Brisighella Italy.
The fortress is located on a cliff of selenium rock overlooking Brisighella Italy, is still an excellent observation point over the whole valley and the village below. Is accessed through a short way that along the high walls leading to the entrance door facing a small garden overlooking the village, from which you can clearly see front of the clock tower, another symbol of Brisighella Italy built on one of the three hills that overlook the borough. Passed the narrow entrance there is a crossing room from which you can access to the vast courtyard, or entering into an additional door on the right you can visit the "Torricino (small tower)".
On the ground floor there'is the access to the prisons and to the well (both are not visited), then it follows a narrow spiral staircase on which overlook small rooms with no windows used as a dormitory for a military garrison of the fortress. At the height of the staircase there'is a large circular room used as a place to watch.
The Torricino tower is the oldest part of the castle built in the early 1300 by Manfredi, and was the only existing tower in that period. From this point you can access the walkway patrol newly equipped and placed in safety, with the opportunity to travel and then the entire perimeter of the walls, or through an internal bridge You can reach the Venetians Tower, called it because was built in the sixteenth century during the domination of the Republic of Venice.
Also this tower is characterized by a long spiral staircase, more narrow of the previous one, which overlook small dark rooms. The tower is divided into six rooms above the first two of which used a water collection and the torture room, the next three to residential use of the castle, and at last observation point from which we can control the entire area surrounding the castle and, small window through the floor, including areas adjacent to the walls.
Down into the courtyard, once used during the invasion to collect the entire population, the visit ends with access to burrows groundwater once intended for the storage of food and weapons.
The first fort was built in Brisighella Italy in 1310 by the will of Francesco Manfredi Sir of Faenza. Conquered by the State of the Church who held power from 1368 in 1376, back then under the control of Manfredi almost uninterruptedly for the entire course of the centuries XIV and XV. In this long period he was subject for extensions and upgrades by Galeazzo Manfredi in 1394 and Astorgio II in 1457 and 1466.
Conquered by Cesare Borgia (the Valentine) in 1500 to its fall, which occurred in 1503, was conquered by the Venetians. At the fortress, the tower had only child (called the Torricino) is under the dominion of the Venetian Republic that it is further expanded and with the massive circular tower.
Recaptured by the Pope troops in 1509, apart from the brief Napoleonic remained under the control of the Church until 1860, when the annexation to Kingdom of Italy.
