Sunday, September 29, 2013

Val d'Aosta Castles

The Valle d'Aosta boasts more than 150 castles. We have looked at and photographed several in prior passages, but actually stopped at the Castello di Fenis and photographed a couple others...
The Castello Aymaville














The Castello di Fenis, which we toured (in Italian; no fotos);
13th-15th century; major restoration in the 1930s














Well, I got a few














In the courtyard; frescoes everywhere by Giacomo Jaquerio;
not world-class paintings, but very interesting and relatively
early

















View from inside the curtain


















Tower view


















Not a castle: the round-about that leads up to Breuil/Cervino:
the Matterhorn, or Monte Cervino, as the Italians call it; we
visited there a few years back
















Further down the valley, Castillo Bard

1 comment:

Tawana said...

Oh, what fun! We've been in Chicago for a few days, so have missed your most recent posts.