With an expert guide, a fascinating journey into history and art from Graines Castle, Verres Castle and Villa Castle to the majestic Savoy Castle. Numerous towers, forts and castles all to be discovered, ready to charm visitors with their olde-worlde fascination.
Alagna-Valsesia
The Pinacoteca inaugurated in 1885 thanks to the efforts of the Società d’Incoraggiamento allo Studio del Disegno e per la Conservazione delle Opere d’Arte e dei Monumenti in Valsesia. The purpose is to “collect treasures everywhere scattered in the valley”. It...
Alagna-Valsesia
The foundation in Varallo in 1867 of a Museum of Natural History is due to the valetian priest Don Pietro Calderini, with the purpose of providing students with naturalistic material schools useful for a more effective study of scientific disciplines. The...
Valle di Champorcher - Champorcher
Walking in the small village of Chateau, you will discover the old crenellated tower that will take you back to medieval times when the Champorcher Valley was ripped apart by a fratricidal war between Ugo and Guglielmo, the powerful...
Valle di Gressoney - Gressoney Saint Jean
Summer residence of Queen Margherita of Savoy, located in a panoramic setting in a wood. Its eclectic style, decorated wood ceilings and friezes and the enormous staircase are the distinctive features which have made it famous. In the summer months, in...
Val d’Ayas
A poca distanza dal Castello di Verres, il Castello di Issogne è uno dei manieri da non perdere se volete farvi un’idea della storia medievale e rinascimentale della valle dell’Evançon. Appartenuto per secoli alla famiglia Challant, il castello conserva i...
Val d’Ayas - Brusson - Challand Saint Anselme
Don’t miss out on visiting Graines Castle situated on the high ground that dominates the entire area of the lower Evançon valley. This is a typical primitive defence fortress dating back to the XI century. Appreciate the panorama of the...
Val d’Ayas - Challand Saint Victor
If you are interested in historic sites, then you should go to the ruins of what was once an important castle – the Challand Family Castle, the lords who governed the Val d’Ayas during the period in which the Val...
Val d’Ayas - Verres
Today a cultural visit which traces the medieval history of the Val d’Ayas: Verres Castle. Go with a local guide into the military block of this castle which overlooks Verres from a high rock.
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