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Castles, towers and fortified houses
Castles, towers and fortified houses are a distinctive element of the Aosta Valley landscape
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In addition to the castles which can be visited inside, many other castles, towers and fortified houses make Aosta Valley landscape unique and unmistakable.
Discover them all.
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Grand Bâtiment
Ancient house in the Verrand village, it is kown as the “grand bâtiment” or also as “Verrand castle”.
It has a number of characteristics from ancient times, such as…
Casaforte, La Tour Povil
The “Casaforte di Povil” originally belonged to the lords of Quart. It was purchased in the second half of the fourteenth century by Jean-Michel Piquart, lord of th…
Quart Castle
The castle is a set of buildings arranged within a fortified perimeter, which respects the natural contour of a difficult rocky slope.
The donjon standing on the highest point of the rock…
Rhins Stronghold
This stronghold dates back to the 12the century and dominated the small fiefdom of the bishop of Aosta.
The building has long been converted into a rural residence, but its architectura…
Passerin d'Entrèves Castle
The castle belonged to the noble Sorelley family, who lived there in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The oldest part is the circular tower on the south side which contains the tiny chapel. I…
Cly Castle
Rising up on rocky outcrop that gives control over the entire valley in an area that saw settlements dating back to prehistoric times (Bronze Age and Iron Age), this castle is fully part of th…
Saint-Marcel castle
This example of a late “mono-block” castle, probably built in the fourteenth century, stands on a plateau at a crossroads of paths leading along the valley bottom and the roads towards th…
Château Verdun
Situated along the road that leads down to Flassin, the building was erected between the 10th and the 11th century. In 1137 it was donated by Amadeus III of Savoy to the Canons of the Gran Sa…
Saint-Pierre Castle
This fairy-tale castle set on a crag above the village is really unique.The famous four little lateral towers, which were added in the 19th century, give to Saint-Pierre’...
Sarriod de La Tour Castle
Free entry for mothers accompanied by their children on 12 May 2024Buy your ticket…
