The complex of Castello di Sotto developed around a massive tower, now no longer existing, where justice was administered.

After crossing the bridge, the first building encountered on the left is the ancient stables now transformed into a residential building; a little further on, the view is drawn to an imposing stone building, it is the Castello di Sotto, still today called “Casa Grande” because in ancient times next to the disappeared tower the “Domus Magna” was built, defended by the walled enclosure called “gironutto”, of which now remains a crenellated section, equipped with a gabled brick portal from the late sixteenth century, the so-called “Pusterla”.

Expanded several times over the centuries, in the first half of the eighteenth century the Castle underwent an important cycle of restorations that brought it to its current appearance with the main facade, facing the garden, refined taking into account the tastes and canons of the time. Inside there are rooms with precious painted wooden ceilings dating back to the late sixteenth century and, on the ground floor, the old kitchen and the ancient guardhouse, whose restoration has allowed the recovery of the original medieval appearance. Among the contiguous environments, the fascinating master kitchen heated by a large fogolâr is noteworthy.

The vast eighteenth-century park is highly evocative, introduced by two fishponds and rich in statues and rare and ancient plant species.

The park of Castello di Sotto is one of the most interesting in Friuli, both for its exemplary state of conservation and because it marks the beginning, in the area, of the spread of the landscape garden. 

The park was created following a large land reclamation project carried out in the first half of the eighteenth century, thanks to Nicolò Francesco Strassoldo who related the formal elements of the garden with nature. Thus, the marshy and uncultivated areas were reclaimed, creating a layout where water became the dominant artistic element: fountains, wells, ponds, and fishponds constituted a natural scenic backdrop to the statues and sometimes rare species. Noteworthy, for its particular and singular design, is the rectangular island surrounded by a moat that contains a miniature Italian garden and is located at the extreme edge of the park.