Seminars and company events
The Castello del Capitano delle Artiglierie takes one event a day for up to 200 guests, which gives a company the whole castle for a meeting, an end-of-year dinner, an anniversary or a team party. Business meetings are held in the historic halls, set up to fit the program, and the evening can continue in Le Chateau Club, the castle's own discotheque. The castle stands by the Porta Fiorentina of Terra del Sole, a fortified town founded by the Medici in 1564, in the comune of Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, south of Forlì.
The events team coordinates the suppliers involved in each event, and site visits can be arranged before a booking. A dedicated corporate contact handles company events and the club.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings make up most of the calendar. Civil ceremonies with legal validity can be celebrated on site, as can symbolic ceremonies, and the church of Santa Reparata is about 50 meters away for a religious service. A typical day runs from an aperitif buffet in the park to a served dinner at the tables, then the cake and the club. A bilingual Italian and English wedding planner and a butler are part of the service, and photographs can be taken across the castle and its gardens. Because only one wedding is booked per day, no spaces, staff or timing are shared with another party.
Rooms and capacities
The overall capacity is 200 guests, and it holds in bad weather as well, since the indoor halls can be rearranged as a fallback. Inside, the Salone delle Feste, the Galleria and the Sala del Camino host dinners and meetings; the castle counts five historic halls in all. Outside, the park covers about one hectare, with the Cannoniere among its settings for ceremonies and receptions, and the Terrazza Panoramica offers 300 square meters with views of the Tuscan-Romagnol Apennines. Le Chateau Club is the internal disco for late parties.
Accommodation
Five suites inside the castle sleep up to 15 people in total, enough for a wedding couple and close family or a small leadership team staying the night.
Catering
The website describes an aperitif buffet and a served dinner but does not say whether catering is in-house or provided by an outside partner; the team coordinates the suppliers for each event, and menus are set during planning.
History and setting
Cosimo I de' Medici had the castle built as part of the fortress of Terra del Sole, a planned ideal city designed by Baldassarre Lanci on the border between Tuscany and Romagna. It was the residence of the captain of artillery and held the armory and the guard quarters. From 1700 it received captains, ambassadors and official ceremonies of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It was recognized as a national monument in 1923. A conservation project from 2009 to 2018 recovered frescoes, coffered ceilings and original portals, and the castle then opened for weddings and private events.
Getting there
The address is Via Felice Cavallotti 4, Terra del Sole. Forlì station is about 15 kilometers away, Bologna airport about 80 kilometers, and the Adriatic coast at Cesenatico about 30 kilometers.
