Castello di Dolceacqua
The Castello di Dolceacqua rises above the village as a ruined fortress that once commanded this valley. The first recorded mention of the castle and the surrounding borgo dates to 1177, when the property belongs to the counts of Ventimiglia. In 1270 the fortress and its lands passed to Oberto Doria, founder of the Doria lineage that would dominate Genoa and its republic. The Doria expansion stretched into the Nervia valley, reaching Apricale, Perinaldo, and Isolabona. Across the 14th century the castle was a focal point of guelfo-versus-ghibellino feuds, and in 1319 and 1329 it endured two heavy sieges ordered by the Angevin king Robert of Naples, forcing the Doria family to submit. …
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