Castello di Spotorno
Castello di Spotorno rises above the town as a defensive link to the Riviera delle Palme. The fortification sits on a hill north of the present settlement, its elevated position choosing sightlines over the coast. Built in 1228, the castle’s story begins under the influence of Savona’s bishops, with the early fortress already connected to the diocese by 1180. It was razed in the early 13th century and rebuilt in 1218, only to be destroyed again in 1227 by the people of Noli and Segno, who aligned with Genoa. The structure was reimagined in the quadrangular form during the 14th to 16th centuries, and by 1333 it had come under the ownership of the Comune di Savona; in the late 1500s it passed to the De Loterio family, who kept it until the upheavals of the First World War. …
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