Torre di Conoz
| Torre di Conoz | ||
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 Torre di Conoz |
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| Alternative name (s): | Tour de Conoz | |
| Creation time : | 17th century | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | well preserved | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Châtillon | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 45 '12.6 " N , 7 ° 36' 38.8" E | |
| Height: | 615 m slm | |
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The Torre di Conoz ( French tour de Conoz ) is the most important of the towers in the district of Conoz in the municipality of Châtillon in the Aosta Valley . This northernmost castle tower in the district is located on the Via Francigena and watches over the hill between Châtillon and Saint-Vincent .
The tower is also located on tourist route 6, which leads from the parish church of Châtillon through the park of Castello Passerin d'Entrèves to Promiod .
The towers of Conoz
Of the three towers that belonged to the noble Barmaz family and stand on the north, south and east sides of Conoz, the one on the north side is the one that can still be recognized as such, while the building on the east side of the settlement is actually even is not a tower.
Torre di Conoz on the north side of the village
The other two towers of Conoz
history
According to a legend, the three last unmarried sisters of the very rich and old family had the three towers built. The aristocratic Barmaz family , whose origin is unknown and which is not included in the lists of noble families in the Aosta Valley, died out at the end of the 17th century.
The traditional theory attributes the tower to the 17th century, shortly before the family died out, but the castle scholar of the Aosta Valley, André Zanotto , analyzed the structural and stylistic elements and concluded that the tower in the north, usually called the “Torre de Conoz “Is called, should be older and must be added to the feudal period. This hypothesis is also supported by an evidence in a document from 1305 which quotes the name of "Brunetus de Cono de Labarme", a confidante of the Lords of Cly and servant of the Bishop of Aosta .
According to Lin Colliard , the north tower and the south tower would have been preserved in good condition in the 1970s, whereas the east tower would have remained unfinished since its owner had died prematurely.
In 2012, the municipality of Châtillon launched an ideas competition to beautify and restore the towers of Conoz and the Torre d'Emarèse . The partial preservation of the towers provides for a change in use, presumably as accommodation outside the hotel.
description
The tower has a rectangular cross section below and you can see in the design nor the loopholes . Today the complex consists of the actual tower and another, later building, which was added to the former; it consists of a cellar, a basement, a mezzanine, a first and a second floor and an attic.
Individual references and comments
- ^ A b Marica Forcellini (editor): Châtillon: un paese da scopire. 8 percorsi tra natura, storia, arte e cultura . Comune di Châtillon. S. 33. 2007. Accessed July 30, 2020.
- ↑ This version is also told by Frutaz and Bich.
- ↑ a b c André Zanotto: Castelli valdostani . Musumeci, Quart (1980) 2002. ISBN 88-7032-049-9 . P. 81.
- ^ Lino Colliard: Fasti e decadenza di antiche dimore signorili nella Bassa Valle d'Aosta . Musumeci, Quart 1970. pp. 90-93.
- ↑ Chatillon, un concorso di idee per riqualificare Tour de Conoz, Tour d'Emarèse ed il vecchio cimitero . Aosta Oggi. November 24, 2011. Accessed July 30, 2020.
- ^ Allegati al Bando di idee "Studio di proposte ideative relative alla riqualificazione e restauro con cambio di destinazione d'uso delle Tour de Conoz e della Tour d'Emarèse nonché la riqualificazione dell'area comunemente denominata Vecchio cimitero "> Allegato 4. Tour de Conoz . Comune di Châtillon. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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- Marica Forcellini (Editor): Châtillon: un paese da scopire. 8 percorsi tra natura, storia, arte e cultura . Comune di Châtillon. S. 33. 2007. Accessed July 30, 2020.
- André Zanotto: Castelli valdostani . Musumeci, Quart (1980) 2002. ISBN 88-7032-049-9 . P. 81.
