Set near the road connecting  Emilia Romagna and Liguria regions, Compiano is the typical medieval fortified borgo. Here the historic Landi family, supported by the Empire, created a micro independent state that survived for almost 400 years.

The Castle is like the crown of the Borgo, it was inhabited until 1987, so it is perfectly preserved. Built on a spur of rock overlooking the Taro river, it has a trapezoidal plan with round towers at the corners.  Today it looks like a powerful 15th century structure, enlarged  in the 17^th and 18th centuries. With the decline of the Landi family, it became a prison. In 1900 it was used as a girls’ boarding school and then became a private residence once again.

The Borgo has stone-paved streets, noble palaces  and tower houses. It is protected by the fortified walls of the castle. In the small square with a stunning view of the valley there is a church dedicated to San Giovanni Battista.

Porcini mushrooms and chestnuts are the local products. The local dishes are: gnocchi with chestnuts and ricotta cheese, and calf with mushrooms, Valtarese veal (roasted veal with porcini mushrooms) and  faraona alla castellana (stewed fowl flavored with garden vegetables).