Corte dei Da Palude

Accessibility
Location Legoreccio.
It's 20 km from the administrative capital
From the administrative capital you take the SS 513 in the direction of San Polo up to Buvolo from here you take the road for Legoreccio

Tourist Area
Apennines

Geographic Zone
Matildic zone

Description
At Legoreccio there's the "Corte dei Da Palude" which represents one of the most significant 17th century noble buildings of the Reggiano mountains.
The construction consist in a vast closed court divided inside by a colonnade under-imposed to an open gallery with rounded arches supported by brick mullions. a wide stairway with vaulting stairway leads to the living floors, where one can admire a praiseworthy stone sculpted hearth.
Noteworthy is the hidden well, with original machinery.
Along side the court there's the oratory dedicated to the Blessed virgin which retains a praiseworthy lock of the 17th century.
This oratory dates back to the 17th century and was probably constructed a little after the annexed court was. On the eastern side of the complex you can still see a tower house characterized by a "opus quadratum" surface, heavily altered by the atmospheric elements, a loophole on the ground floor and a small bunged window on the façade surmounted by an architrave bearing a stylized rose.
Massive angular ashlars highlight the tower's structure which currently appears lowered. This building is attributable to the end of the 14th - middle of the 15th century.