Porclas Cumbel
The Porclas (also called "Frauentor") is located below the village of Cumbel in the Val Lumnezia in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The gate is the remainder of a last-like barrier wall that blocked access to the left, western side of the valley.
The day trail led down to Ilanz and up to Vella and Lumbrein through the pointed arched Porclas (1.2 m wide) equipped with strong masonry stones . Of the iron hinges to which the door was attached, the two upper ones are still preserved. The gate could be locked with two gate leaves. The original masonry is under modern plaster. In 1858 and 1912 restoration work was carried out and the Porclas were placed under federal protection. The inscription and the Mauritius relief date from today. The roof is covered with wooden shingles.
On the valley side, the gate ends over a steep rock fall, uphill it is now bordered by the cantonal road. It used to be leaned against a steep rocky slope that was removed when the road was built.
There are no written sources about the edification; the pointed arch gate, however, suggests the end of the 13th century. The name «Frauentor» derives from a legend according to which the women of Lugnez heroically participated in the fight in 1352 during the Belmont feud. The porclas with portcullis is shown in the coat of arms of the former Cumbel municipality.
View down the valley
View from the north
Same view around 1825
View from above Sevgein
literature
- Otto P. Clavadetscher, Werner Meyer : The castle book of Graubünden . Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-280-01319-4
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Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '21.8 " N , 9 ° 12' 32.1" E ; CH1903: 735284 / 177991