Bolgheri Castle, Medieval castle in Castagneto Carducci, Italy.

Bolgheri Castle is a castle of several connected buildings grouped around the original core of the village, near the old church of Saints Giacomo and Cristoforo. Its red-brick facade has two rows of mullioned and single-arched windows, topped by a crenellated band on small corbels. The rectangular tower holds a pointed-arch gateway into the village, with the Della Gherardesca coat of arms above it and two stacked mullioned windows higher up.

The castle is of medieval origin and has belonged to the Della Gherardesca family since the 13th century. From the 18th century onward it underwent major renovations, including the construction of the cellars. In 1895 the façade was redesigned to a project by Tito Bellini, who added the crenellated tower at the entrance to the village of Bolgheri.

The castle has belonged to the Della Gherardesca family since the 13th century; it passed from Countess Alessandra Della Gherardesca to her daughter Franca Spalletti Trivelli and then to a niece. The pointed-arch gateway in the tower carries the family coat of arms above it, and the interior is still a private residence, closed to visitors.

The castle is reached by the cypress-lined avenue that leads straight from the main road to the entrance gate, making it easy to find on foot or by car. Those who want to explore the village inside should wear comfortable shoes, as the lanes are cobbled and the ground can be uneven.

The poet Giosuè Carducci grew up near Bolgheri and wrote a well-known poem about the cypress avenue leading to the castle gate. This poem, written in the second half of the 1800s, gave the avenue a literary reputation that still draws visitors from across Italy.