An exciting journey through the history of the Fortress and the people who have inhabited it over the centuries with an exceptional host: Valerio Massimo Manfredi.

An exceptional host has been chosen to tell the story of the dynasties and characters throughout history who have left their mark on the architecture of the Fortress of Vignola: writer and historian Valerio Massimo Manfredi, who will accompany visitors on three “author walks” that tell the story of the Fortress in times of peace and war, a place of poetry and fortune enclosed between earth and sky.

Author Walks with Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Episode 1 – Peace and War. At the Origins of the Rock

Author Walks with Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Episode 2 – Earth and Heaven. Rise and decline of the Contrari family.

Author Walks with Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Episode 3 – Poetry and Venture. Boncompagni and the Modern Rock