グレッサーンの洞窟・トップ17

Seen only from the outside, very very beautiful!

現在、城はカラッチョーロ家のものではなく、アオスタ渓谷自治州によって購入されています。

Quart Castle is currently (January 2025) undergoing conservation work. The work should be completed by summer 2025.

イントロド城の起源は12世紀にさかのぼります。それは、囲いに囲まれた四角い中央のキープを持つシンプルな構造で建てられました。ピエール・サリオド・デ・イントロドは1260年にそれを拡張させ、その後15世紀にさらなる変更が加えられ、城は完成しました。 2度の火災、最初の火災は19世紀後半、2度目は20世紀初頭に発生し、修復作業が必要となりました。後者の場合、建築家ジャン・シュヴァレによって、当時の所有者ゴンネラ騎士の命により完了されました。 城の向かいには、ルネサンス様式の屋根裏部屋があります。それは完全に木製で、2つの素晴らしい錬鉄製のゲートがあります。近くには、オーラと呼ばれる馬小屋があります。 現在、イントロド城はブリエンツァのカラッチョーリ伯爵家の所有であり、グランド・パラディス財団によって管理されています。 居間にはフレスコ画が飾られています。天井の近くには、それぞれ異なる木を表す場面が見られ、その上にはトロンプルイユの壁紙があります。

Travelling along the Via Francigena from Aosta to Nus, just before Quart you come across this Castle built on a hill, an enchanting and solitary place.

The Torre dei Balivi, also known as Tour du bailliage, is one of Aosta's medieval architectural treasures. The tower, also known as Tour Cornière in French, was mentioned as early as 1192. In the 12th century it became the property of the local noble family De Palais (or De Palacio), who used it for their own purposes. Later, in the 13th century, it was transferred to the Count of Savoy and served as the seat of the bailiff (in old French, Bailly). The tower was expanded and remodeled in the 15th and 16th centuries, with new parts added to meet growing needs. In the 17th century it was used as a prison and courthouse. Since 2014, the tower has housed the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato della Valle d'Aosta.

The Aymavilles castle, located on a moraine hill and surrounded by meadows and vineyards, dominates the course of the Dora Baltea and the strategic and commercial route that led to the Alpine passes including the Piccolo San Bernardo. Its history is very ancient, in a papal bull of 1207 it appears as a simple tower or stronghold belonging to the assets of the canons of Saint Gilles. This fortification subsequently underwent numerous transformations thanks to the illustrious owners who followed one another over time, starting from 1360, when the Savoys enfeoffed the jurisdiction to Aimone di Challant. The castle is easily recognizable for its original but elegant structure characterized by eighteenth-century stuccoes, loggias and coats of arms. The exterior is refined by the presence of a vast park with a fountain, from which you can enjoy a spectacular view of the entire valley floor.

The castle of Introd stands on a promontory protected by the rugged gorges of the Savara torrent and the Dora di Rhêmes (the name of Introd, in fact, derives from "entre-eaux", or "between the waters") and probably dates back to the 12th century; like Graines Castle, it originally probably consisted of a square keep surrounded by a wall. After numerous fires and subsequent restoration, today it is open to visits and special events.