In the historical center of Reggiolo rises the imposing Rocca, created around the ancient medieval tower (mastio) of 1242, on a modest artificial hill, called “mota. The tower, surrounded by a 40-meter long wall is the first element of fortification in the town, built by the inhabitants of Reggio.

A legendary castle for those who have studied some history of the Middle Ages. Here in the very cold January 1077, Emperor Henry IV – after the excommunication and rebellion of the subordinate nobles – arrived as a penitent and made a long antechamber to reconcile with Pope Gregory VII.

On the first hills of the Reggio Apennines, a natural balcony on the plain where the Alps can be seen on clear days, the Middle Ages have left the vestiges of a glorious and fascinating past perfectly integrated with modern life and its comforts.

The profile of the fortress of Rossena, implanted on a reddish volcanic hill, is one of the most evocative landscapes of the whole Matildic area.

The Tower rises inside the 'Riserva Naturale Orientata della Rupe di Campotrera', of considerable geological and botanical interest. Since 2007, after careful restoration work, it can also be visited inside.

“It is one of the most elegant and well-preserved fortresses of the Emilian Apennines […] it looks wonderfully picturesque, nor the old possessions of the Countess Matilde have perhaps a more artistic castle”: this is how the archaeologist and art historian Corrado Ricci expressed himself in 1885 visiting the Sarzano…

The Palace of Colorno is a complex and monumental architectural structure, with over 400 rooms, courtyards and courtyards, embraced by the Parma stream, the square and the marvelous newly restored French garden.

The castle of Torrechiara is a fifteenth-century manor with medieval and Renaissance traits, located on the top of a panoramic rocky hill on the outskirts of Val Parma.

The Carpineti's Castle, also know as the Castle of Carpineti, is located on the summit of Mount Antognano (805 m above sea level) which dominates the valleys of Tresinaro and Secchia, a few kilometers from the center of Carpineti.

The fortress, which dominates the town square, belonged to the Sanvitale family from the thirteenth century to the beginning of the seventeenth century, when it passed to the Farnese family. From 1676 it served as a holiday resort for guests of the Collegio dei Nobili.