Castle
Châtel-Argent
🇮🇹 Italy · 12th century
Châtel-Argent was an Italian medieval castle in the Alpine town of Villeneuve. It is now a ruin. As with many other castles in the region, Châtel-Argent overlooks the Dora Baltea (French: Doire baltée) River which runs through the Aosta Valley.
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Châtel-Argent ranks #3,736 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #292 of the 350 mapped in Italy. Founded 1176, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 267 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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