Turraccia ruins

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Turraccia ruins
Wall tooth Turraccia

Wall tooth Turraccia

Creation time : around 1200
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Casaccia
Geographical location 46 ° 23 '31.7 "  N , 9 ° 39' 56"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 23 '31.7 "  N , 9 ° 39' 56"  E ; CH1903:  771,268  /  140294
Height: 768  m above sea level M.
Turraccia ruins (Canton of Graubünden)
Turraccia ruins

The ruin Turraccia (= bad tower) is the ruin of a hilltop castle at 768  m above sea level. M. above the village of Casaccia in Bergell in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . The castle stood near the point where the path from the Septimerpass merged into the road from the Malojapass to Chiavenna .

Surname

The name Turraccia is derived from the Italian word "Torre" (= tower); combined with the pejorative suffix -accia, this means something like "bad, bad tower".

investment

Only a tooth of the wall in the north corner of the square tower with an original side length of around 8 meters has survived. The wall thickness is 1.9 meters. The reveal of a window can be seen in the western demolition point. Remnants of a square ring are still clearly visible, but have grown in completely. Its greatest dimension was about 24 meters diagonally.

history

Written documents about the construction and history of the castle are missing, but they probably belonged to the Bishop of Chur and were the seat of a bailiff . The construction method refers to an origin around 1200. When and why the castle was abandoned is not known.

gallery

  • View from the southeast

  • Inner corner

  • Facing south

  • View to the southwest

literature

  • Otto P. Clavadetscher, Werner Meyer : The castle book of Graubünden . Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-280-01319-4
  • Castle map of Switzerland, Federal Office of Topography, 2007 edition

Web links

Commons : Ruine Turraccia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files