Casaforte Bozel
| Casaforte Bozel | ||
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 Panorama with Casaforte Bozel |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Fixed house | |
| Conservation status: | well preserved | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Morgex | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 45 '31 " N , 7 ° 2' 41" E | |
| Height: | 970 m slm | |
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The Casaforte Bozel is a medieval festival house east of the village of Villair in the municipality of Morgex in the Aosta Valley . In the same municipality there is also the Castello Pascal de la Ruine from the same period and the more famous Tour de l'Archet . The Casaforte Bozel is privately owned and not open to the public.
history
According to Carlo Nigra , some architectural elements, such as the shape of the consoles of the architrave above the door on the first floor, support the thesis that the permanent house dates from the 13th century. This contrasts with the rest of the architecture, the sight of which could lead to further backdating.
The building got its name from the De Bosellis family , who came from the Tarentaise and were later called "Bozel" or "Bozet". The family had their permanent home there from the 16th to the 17th century and then died out.
The Valdigne , the upper area of the Aosta Valley, belonged to the judicial district of the House of Savoy in the Middle Ages , but was administered on site by numerous feudal people, of whom the permanent houses have been preserved throughout the territory. In his book Historique de la Vallée d'Aoste, the historian Jean-Baptiste de Tillier counts the Casaforte Bozel as one of the more important fortress houses of the Mendement Royal de Valdigne during the feudal period.
The Casaforte Bozel is one of the medieval buildings that the architect Fancesco Corni selected for one of his faithful replicas.
description
The fixed house has its entrance on the south side and has two floors; in addition to these and the ground floor there is an attic and a presumably cellar.
Its highly visible details include remarkable stone double windows on the south, north and east sides; in particular the double window on the north side offers the sight of a window with two side seats, as is typical of the Middle Ages. On the west wall there are also two vertically offset toilet bays , one per floor. At the southwest corner there are traces of a street gully .
A stone inscription in the wall shows the date 1751.
The Feste Haus once had a wall ring, of which only the entrance gate remained.
Today the Casaforte Bozel is falling into disrepair because the barracks lean against the old building.
inside rooms
Carlo Nigra reports from the Memorie manoscritte (German: handwritten memories) by Alfredo d'Andrade about the good condition of the building, in which "the attics, the old chimneys and the old cupboards in their doors" are preserved on the north wall, " one of the wooden consoles ”that carry the stairs from the balcony to the front door. In particular, the best preserved fireplace had a wooden frame reinforced with iron hinges.
There are no recent descriptions of the interiors.
Individual references and comments
- ↑ a b c d e Carlo Nigra: Torri e castelli e case forti del Piemonte dal 1000 al secolo XVI. La Valle d'Aosta . Musumeci, Quart 1974. p. 108.
- ↑ a b c Valle d'Aosta - sito ufficiale del turismo in Valle d'Aosta. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ↑ The Valdigne (upper Aosta Valley) extended then as now over the territories of Courmayeur , La Salle , La Thuile , Morgex and Pré-Saint-Didier .
- ^ Jean-Baptiste de Tillier: Historique de la Vallée d'Aoste . L. Mensio. P. 9, 1887. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ↑ Casaforte Bozel on the official website of Francesco Corni. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ↑ In his description, Carlo Nigra strangely forgot one of the two lavatory stalls.
swell
- Carlo Nigra: Torri e castelli e case forti del Piemonte dal 1000 al secolo XVI. La Valle d'Aosta . Musumeci, Quart 1974.
- Jean-Baptiste de Tillier: Historique de la Vallée d'Aoste . L. Mensio. 1887. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
