Castello di Cogne
| Castello di Cogne | ||
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 Castello the Cogne |
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| Alternative name (s): | Castello Reale | |
| Creation time : | 13th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone , plastered | |
| Place: | Cogne | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 36 '35.9 " N , 7 ° 21' 19.3" E | |
| Height: | 1524 m slm | |
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The Castello di Cogne (also Castello reale di Cogne ) is located next to the Sant'Orso church in the center of the Cogne settlement in the Aosta Valley . It is an old royal residence that is a national monument . The converted building is privately owned and not open to the public.
description
The hilltop castle has been rebuilt several times over the centuries. It appears as a clumsy building with five floors and a rectangular floor plan, which shows the past as a medieval gatehouse .
history
In 1191 the Count of Savoy , Aosta and Maurienne , Thomas I , the Bishop of Aosta , allowed a castle to be built in Cogne, of which he was the spiritual and political lord ("Pactum insuper fuit ut ipse episcopus si voluerit in valle de Conia castrum erigere valeat (...) »). The castle was probably completed in 1202 when the parish church was inaugurated, but the first reliable records of its existence come from a charter from 1245 that mentions a "turris domini episcopî" (spire of the episcopal house). In the Middle Ages, the bishop's castellan administered the county of Cogne and resided in the tower. As a result, a garrison was also housed in the castle. In the 15th century local politics was made from there and general audiences were held there.
The castle was left to decay for a long time, and it was not until 1844 that the pastor Pierre-Balthazard Chamonin initiated the restoration, when the parish of Cogne took possession of it for André Jourdain , Bishop of Aosta. However, in 1850 the Leggi Siccardi (establishing the separation of state and church) abolished the privileges that the Catholic Church had enjoyed until then, and the parish was expropriated in 1867.
The Castello di Cogne was auctioned in 1873 and a representative of the king bought it. Victor Emanuel II , whose nickname was “Le Roi Chasseur” (German: the hunter king), had it turned into a hunting lodge in order to go from there to the royal hunting reserve, the territory of which was the origin of the Gran Paradiso National Park . His successor, King Victor Emmanuel III. who was not nearly as interested in Alpine ibexes no longer made use of the hunting lodge. It was not taken over by a private citizen until 1915.
Later, the Castello di Cogne became a hotel and then the Joseph Sisters built a holiday camp there. Today the house is privately owned and divided into apartments.
A stone plaque on the facade identifies the building as a national monument.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g André Zanotto: Castelli valdostani . Musumeci, Quart (1980) 2002. ISBN 88-7032-049-9 . P. 84.
- ↑ a b c Cogne (castello reale) . In: Tutte le fortificazioni della Valle d'Aosta . Mondi Medievali. Accessed July 30, 2020.
- ↑ a b Castello Reale a Cogne . ICastelli.it. Accessed July 30, 2020.
swell
- André Zanotto: Castelli valdostani . Musumeci, Quart (1980) 2002. ISBN 88-7032-049-9 . P. 84.
Web links
- Castello Reale a Cogne . ICastelli.it. Accessed July 30, 2020.
- Cogne (castello reale) . In: Tutte le fortificazioni della Valle d'Aosta . Mondi Medievali. Accessed July 30, 2020.
- Castello Reale . In: Cultura . Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta. Accessed July 30, 2020.