Castello di Borgo Fornari
The Castello di Borgo Fornari holds a quiet, enduring presence on a spur above Ronco Scrivia, its name tracing back to the Genoese Fornari family and the village’s early ties to a pieve dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta. Dating from 1121 to 1182, the fortress sits near the primary route that once linked the Scrivia valley to the Genoese feudal stronghold at Voltaggio, and its ownership later passed to the Spinola family, setting the stage for centuries of noble and political rivalries. Today, only fragments remain to tell that history: a well-preserved semicircular brick tower, its medieval masonry revealed against the western wall—the lone surviving example of valley walls along the Scrivia—and a downstream portion thought to have housed the garrison. …
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