Rocca Meli Lupi
Piazza Meli Lupi, 5 - 43019 - Soragna (PR)
Phone: +39 0524597978
Opening times
From 16 October to 31 March: 9am-11am* and 2.30pm-5.30pm*
*start of the last guided tour.
Visits depart every hour and in the afternoon from 16 October to 31 March every half hour.
From 1 April to 15 October: 9am-11am* and 3pm-6pm*
*start of the last guided tour.
Reservations recommended by email diofebo.melilupi@libero.it or tel. 0524597978-597964.
The park can be visited, with reservations required, on Saturdays at 16:00 and on Sundays at 10:30 and 16:00. The visits to the Park are carried out in the period from April to September only in case of favorable weather.
Prices
full price 10,00 €; groupd 9,00 €; over 65 9,00 €; student 14-18 years old 5,00 €; students 6-13 years old 4,00 €; disabled 3,00 €; castles card holders 9,00 €; Fai and Touring club members 9,00 €
Situated between the river Po and the river Stirone, the perfectly preserved fortress of Soragna is one of the most magnificent in the valley. The residence of the Meli Lupi family for centuries, it still shows the features of a fine mansion of 16th, 17th and 18th century.
Access is across a masonry bridge and through a neoclassical entrance leading into a square courtyard, embellished by four 18th century statues and linked to an English-style garden by a long room called Bocchirale. Interiors boast frescoes by C. Baglione, G. Campi, G. Bolla, Ferdinando and Francesco Bibiena, rich furniture, a Madonna with Child painted by Ludovico Brea, still lifes by F. Boselli and mythological subjects by A. Appiani.
After a restoration in 1770, the Poets’ Gallery decorated by G. Motta and the Bibiena brothers, portraying ancient poets togheter with landscapes and mythological scenes, was brought back to light.
The access for disabled is partially possible, only the ground floor is easily accessible.
Animals can enter only if small, carried in someone’s arms or in a carrier.
