Castel Guelfo

A small town surrounded by mighty fifteenth-century fortifications, its existence almost entirely within fortified walls is quite remarkable, in the middle of a wide countryside where everything runs along linear construction following rivers and roads. The ancient walls, the corner towers and the Cassero, once the only entrance gate to the castle, are the dominant characteristics of the town centre.

The ERF concerts will be held in the elegant courtyard with its two-tiered portico of Palazzo Malvezzi-Hercolani, now municipal offices, and in the Church of San Giovanni Battista built to the designs of the famous architect Angelo Venturoli, which now contains a work by Gaetano Gandolfi, Sacro Cuore Eucaristico.