Novara Castle stood on the walls of an Ancient Roman city. Perhaps it had made use of the Roman city's moat for defense, and it had once been the military and administrative center controlling the city. In the first half of the fourteenth century, Giovanni Visconti, Archbishop of Milan, took over as Lord of Novara. At the time, corpses from the Black Death were piled like mountains across Europe, yet Milan alone escaped disaster. This Archbishop was the one governing Milan then.
Thanks to the Archbishop's rule, Novara truly began to take on the shape of a city. At the same time, its tower was expanded and incorporated into a castle.
In 1468, Sforza, Duke of Milan, ordered the complete reconstruction of Novara Castle, but due to a lack of funds, the project was not completed until the end of the fifteenth century.
But by the sixteenth century, the Spanish Duchy of Milan used this place as a stronghold to reinforce its western defenses. The castle became the command center for the garrison, and during that period, an observation deck with a broader view was added.
After the Battle of Marengo, Novara Castle became a barracks for a time. By the time they moved in, the fortress had already fallen into disrepair. Now it was where the Piedmont Gendarmerie were stationed and held prisoners.
Perhaps because word had been sent ahead, all the prisoners had already been transferred away. Still, the castle's dilapidated exterior could not be changed overnight. The Spaniards had already been short of funds when they ruled here, and they had used red brick for the fortress because construction costs had been restricted. The quarters assigned to them could only be called clean and tidy, not particularly comfortable. But if The Robbers came to attack them again,