Castello di Charvensod
| Castello di Charvensod | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Château de Charvensod | |
| Creation time : | 14th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Ruin, converted into a residential building | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Charvensod | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 43 '20.8 " N , 7 ° 19' 32.5" E | |
| Height: | 729 m slm | |
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The Castello di Charvensod (in French Château de Charvensod ) is the ruin of a castle in Charvensod in the Aosta Valley . The castle has been extensively rebuilt over the centuries; today only an original corner tower is left. The castle was a retreat for the bishops of Aosta for many centuries and is close to the parish church. In the same place there is also another remnant of medieval military architecture, La Tornettaz . This lies between the main town and the settlement of Pont-Suaz and was part of a system of signal towers that were in visual contact with various castles, including the Castello di Charvensod.
history
The exact date of construction is not known. In the documents that have survived to this day, the castle is mentioned for the first time in 1305: "in domo episcopali apud Chalvenzo" (German: in the house of the bishop in Charvensod), as the researcher of the fortress construction in the Aosta Valley, André Zanotto , reports. The castle is also called "Castello del Vescovo" (French: "Château de l'Évêque", German: "Bishop's Castle"): In fact, in the Middle Ages it was the summer residence of numerous bishops of Aosta, who lived in forests, pastures and farmland belonged to the whole area and withdrew there to relax and meditate. In the documents available today it is recorded that Ardizzone di Pont-Saint-Martin (French: "Arduce de Pont-Saint-Martin", 1214-1327) stayed there in 1324, 1326 and 1327 and that he was there on the day before his death , March 6, 1327, while the bishop Emerico was there in 1368, Jean-Geoffroi Gignod 1590.
During the plague epidemic of 1629–1631 , which decimated the population in the Aosta Valley and throughout Europe, the bishop's castle served as the seat of the local government called "Consiglio dei Commessi" (French: "Conseil des Commis", German: "Envoy Council") ) to gather there and make the most important decisions.
In the 18th century, the then bishop of Aosta, François Amédée Milliet d'Arvillars , who was ordained between 1718 and 1720, had some embellishments added to the castle.
In the middle of the 19th century, during the wars between the Protestant Swiss cantons and the Catholic canons, the castle became a retreat for the exiled Fillier , provost of the Congregation on the Great St. Bernhard, at the behest of the bishop .
The provost was probably the last cleric who lived in the castle: a little later, in 1868, the newly founded Kingdom of Italy expropriated the church property and the castle was bought by some local families who adapted it for their agricultural purposes.
In 1971, the building was rebuilt and plastered again without the permission of the local authorities to finally convert it into a residential building.
description
Little remains of the original building: Part of the surrounding wall and in the north-west the remains of a small round tower , which dates back to the 14th century, a testimony to the past defense tasks of the episcopal residence.
Individual references and comments
- ↑ Le Château de l'Évêque . Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta - Assessorato della publica istruzione, Aosta 1992. p. 15: Charvensod .
- ↑ a b c d André Zanotto: Castelli valdostani . Musumeci, Quart (1980) 2002. ISBN 88-7032-049-9 . P. 71.
- ↑ Zanotto reports on various data in connection with the monograph on Charvensod, which was published under the direction of the Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta: The three verifiable dates of the stay are April, September and November of the year 1326.
- ↑ a b c d e f Le Château de l'Évêque . Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta - Assessorato della publica istruzione, Aosta 1992. p. 13: Charvensod .
swell
- André Zanotto: Castelli valdostani . Musumeci, Quart (1980) 2002. ISBN 88-7032-049-9 .
- Le Château de l'Évêque . Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta - Assessorato della publica istruzione, Aosta 1992. Charvensod .
- Jean-Baptiste de Tillier : Historique de la vallée d'Aoste . Ed. L. Mensio. (1737) 1887. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
Web links
- Castello di Charvensod . In: Cultura - Castelli e Torri . Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- Storia . Comune di Charvensod. Retrieved July 29, 2020.