Castello di Momeliano, Medieval castle in Gazzola, Italy.

Castello di Momeliano is a stone, brick and cobblestone fortress in Gazzola with a roughly square plan about 40 by 44 metres, closed on the fourth side by a curtain wall. Its west tower has a square base, while the other corner towers are round; the two north towers are lower. The south-east front mixes medieval and Renaissance forms, with remains of a drawbridge and a walkable Ghibelline battlement.

The fortress was first mentioned in 1368 and passed through the hands of several noble families including the Dolzani, Lampugnani, and Portapuglia. Successive owners over the centuries left their mark on its physical form and layout.

The fortress reflects how living spaces gradually became as important as military defense over the centuries. This transformation is visible in modifications to walls and windows that reveal how residents adapted their home to new needs.

The castle is privately owned and houses a winery, so the interior and the hanging gardens are not open to casual visitors; view the walls, the walled-up arched windows and the remains of the drawbridge fittings from outside. The moat was filled in the 18th century and replaced by a stone parapet, so the former ditch area is now level ground. The site lies on the first hills of the Luretta valley at about 340 m, reached by road from Momeliano in Gazzola.

The hanging gardens stand on the western side of the castle, not the eastern one, and date to the 18th century. Such terraced gardens are rare in the Piacenza area. They rose after the moat was filled in during the same century, when the ditch became a park.