The first records of Castagnole date back to the Roman era, but it appears more frequently in Medieval documents, among the lands belonging to the counts of Loreto. The member of the family most connected to the community was Manfredi I, known as Lancia, as he spent his youth as a lance-bearer at the court of Frederick Redbeard. And the name Castagnole delle Lanze probably derives from Manfredi I Lancia.

The historic part of the village is dominated by the monumental San Pietro parish church, in Ligurian/Piedmontese Baroque style. Heading towards the Memorial park we encounter the panoramic tower, which its builder used as an astronomical observatory. In the Museum of Rural Culture there are dozens of artefacts which have been used to recreate the interior of a typical country house.

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Paolo Ballada di San Robert (1815-1888) was a renowned entomologist. Alessandro Morata (1817-1878), general in the Carabinieri, was also Mayor of Castagnole delle Lanze from 1871 to his death. Luigi Artuffo (1867-1951), general of a division of the Carabinieri, operated in Eritrea and Libya. Ener Bettica (1907-1942), commander of the torpedo-boat destroyer Folgore, took part in numerous military operations during the war.