The castle of Savignone , now in ruins, was once fortress and manor house as well as the subject of battles and sieges. It is also a place of legends. It is stuck on a rock pudding - called " Conglomerate of Savignone" - dominating from a height of 150 meters the town of Savignone , in the ' high valley Scrivia . Its surrounding wall is strengthened to the south from the tower or bastion defended semicircular and of course the other side of the cliff.