Compiano

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Parma1983Isola (Compiano) - panorama su Compiano dall'oratorio di Santa Lucia 1 2022-07-03 CC BY-SA 4.0
Parma1983Castello (Compiano) - facciata ovest 3 2022-05-14 CC BY-SA 4.0
Parma1983Chiesa di San Bartolomeo Apostolo (Strela, Compiano) - facciata e lato nord 1 2022-07-02 CC BY-SA 4.0
Parma1983Chiesa di San Giacomo Maggiore (Cereseto, Compiano) - facciata 1 2022-06-14 CC BY-SA 4.0
Parma1983Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Compiano) - facciata 2 2022-05-14 CC BY-SA 4.0
Parma1983Chiesa di San Girolamo Dottore (Barbigarezza, Compiano) - facciata e lato nord 2 2022-05-14 CC BY-SA 4.0
Parma1983Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate (Isola, Compiano) - facciata e campanile 2 2022-05-14 CC BY-SA 4.0
Davide PapaliniCompiano-castello93 CC BY-SA 3.0
Davide PapaliniCompiano-panorama3 CC BY-SA 3.0

For about 425 years the Landi family ruled the upper Taro valley from here, and their mighty castle still sits atop the fully walled village. Compiano minted its own coins and later turned its fortress into a state prison, then a girls' boarding school. Today the castle's furnished rooms, left to the town by Marchesa Lina Raimondi Gambarotta, form a museum.

Highlights

Castello di Compiano, with tapestries, paintings and the Landi coat of arms
A Masonic museum housed in three of the castle's rooms
Fungo di Borgotaro, the protected local porcini mushroom (IT)
Artisans' workshops open and concerts in the castle each August
Walks up Monte Pelpi and Monte Penna on CAI trails

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Compiano (IT), Compiano (EN)), Wikivoyage (Compiano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 1,058

Things to see

Events through the year

Saint John the Baptist Fair Fairs and markets · June
Madonna al Taro Religious · First Sunday of July
Feast of Saint Bartholomew Religious · 22 AugustIncludes an amateur race
Feast of Our Lady of the Snow Religious · First Sunday of August
Open workshops and castle concerts Music and arts · Throughout AugustArtists show work in the streets; music and theatre shows
Fiera millenaria di San Terenziano Fairs and markets · 1 SeptemberThousand-year-old saint's day fair
Wild boar sagra Food and wine · September

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikivoyage (Compiano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

Hans HillewaertBoletus edulis (Tillegem)CC BY-SA 4.0
Fungo di Borgotaro (IT)Local produceProtected porcini mushroom of the Taro valley

Adapted from Wikivoyage (Compiano). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

8 places to stay within 3 km

Hotels 4
B&Bs and guest houses 4

Nearby member villages

Varese Ligure · 14 km
Mulazzo · 27 km
Brugnato · 29 km
Moneglia · 32 km
Framura · 33 km