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Casaforte della Costa (La Coustetta)

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Casaforte della Costa (La Coustetta)

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    1. Historic trail from Donnas to Arnad via Napoleon's fortifications

    20.0km

    08:16

    1,220m

    1,220m

    Historic trail through Roman roads, Napoleon's fortifications, and medieval castles in terraced vineyards.

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    March 26, 2023

    Rustic semi-destroyed building and completely invaded by
    vegetation, and mentioned in testamentary documents of the fifteenth century
    such as Domum Novam
    Coste or Domus Fortis Costae. it
    it belonged to the Valleise family who moved there from the Châtean
    d'Arnad when the latter, away from the valley floor.
    turned out to be unfit to manage and control traffic and possessions
    of family.
    In the seventeenth century 1 Vallaise, who still lived there and perhaps there
    they carried out judicial activities. commissioned the work for the
    rearrangement of the connecting gallery between the building and the
    near Chateau Valleise.
    Particularly interesting are two cross windows in stone
    worked, still well preserved, open on the facade towards the valley:
    together with engravings of the family crests, esse
    Still
    today they bear witness to the ancient wealth
    of the importance
    of the house
    From the Casaforte della Costa, mule track no. 5 after a few tens of meters to the south reaches the Château Vallaise (458 m): the
    Same mule track followed first north, then east. leads, in 40 minutes of steep ascent, near the Chateau (629 m)

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      Location: Arnad, Aosta Valley, Italy

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