Segonzano Castle

At sunset you’ll breathe a romantic atmosphere of past times, protected by the walls of ancient castles, keepers of a centennial history. The Toblino Castle will be enlivened with excellent food and nibbles, studied for the most refined and hard to please palates and made magical by the musical notes of the Nuovo Ensemble of Trento.

TOUR OF THE CASTLE
Segonzano Castle

The castle was built around the XIIIth century and was already in ruins by the end of the XVth, as documented by Dürer's watercolour works.

The majestic embattled ruins of the Segonzano Castle are perched on a rocky spur overlooking the Cembra valley. Built in the Middle Ages by Rodolfo Scancio, on the authorisation of the Prince-Bishop of Trento, Federico Vanga, the castle served as an important fortified site guarding the trade route passing through the Adige Valley and across the Cantilaga bridge on the river Avisio. The fortress became hugely important between the 14th and 15th centuries. 
In the 14th century it was owned by the Scancio, Rottenburg and Greifenstein families and then passed, in 1424, to the Dukes of Tyrol. 
When German painter Albrecht Dürer passed here on his first journey to Venice in 1494, he was so impressed by the gloomy walls of the fortress, that he dedicated two celebrated watercolours to it. In 1971, Dürer's historic visit to the site was commemorated by two porphyry pillars, at Faver and Piazzo di Segonzano, marking the locations from which he was inspired to paint the two views.

TASTING
During the aperitif you'll taste a selection of products chosen by Strada del Vino e dei Sapori del Trentino: wine produced by Società Agricola Zanotelli and by Società Agricola Fratelli Pelz, grappa by Distilleria Giacomozzi, cold  meats by Macelleria Paolazzi, syrup by Azienda Agricola Giove, and Acqua Levico. 

CONCERT by pianist Lorenzo Calovi.

Music by F. J. Haydn, F. Chopin, C. Debussy and F. Liszt.

(Translation by Anna Malavenda and Federica Acri, Sophie M. Scholl Language High School, Trento - ”School and Work Project”)