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Alt-Süns Castle Ruins

Name: Alt-Süns Castle Ruins
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Location: Domleschg, Viamala, Graubünden, Switzerland

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1. Domat/Ems Town Centre – Polenweg between Chur and Thusis loop from Felsberg

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2. Rofla Gorge – Sufnersee loop from Ems Werk

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3. View of the Rhine Gorge – View of the Rhine Gorge loop from Cazis

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Paul

June 21, 2021

Ruin Alt-Süns 1216, the oldest Vaz castle in Domleschg
In 1216, the barons of Vaz, who had become powerful, built their first castle outside of their ancestral castle Nivaigl in Vaz in mild Domleschg, from where they built Ortenstein fifty years later and still later Neu-Süns, which we usually call Canova. With the heiress Ursula von Vaz of the last baron, the possessions go to the Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans. In the Schams feud of 1451, the barely inhabited castles Alt-Süns and Neu-Süns were brought down by undermining one half of the tower, and since then they have been a picturesque eye-catcher in the Domleschg castle landscape.
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In 1216, the barons of Vaz, who had become powerful, built their first castle outside of their ancestral castle Nivaigl in Vaz in mild Domleschg, from where they built Ortenstein fifty years later and still later Neu-Süns, which we usually call Canova. With the heiress Ursula von Vaz of the last baron, the possessions go to the Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans. In the Schams feud of 1451, the barely inhabited castles Alt-Süns and Neu-Süns were brought down by undermining one half of the tower, and since then they have been a picturesque eye-catcher in the Domleschg castle landscape.
Text: Pro Castellis
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Location: Domleschg, Viamala, Graubünden, Switzerland

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Alt-Süns Castle Ruins

1. Domat/Ems Town Centre – Polenweg between Chur and Thusis loop from Felsberg

2. Rofla Gorge – Sufnersee loop from Ems Werk

3. View of the Rhine Gorge – View of the Rhine Gorge loop from Cazis

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