Italy · 13th century
Châtelard Castle (Italian: Castello di Châtelard, French: Château de Châtelard) is a medieval castle near the town of La Salle in the Aosta Valley region of Italy.
The castle is believed to have been built by Rodolphe Grossi, who was Bishop of Aosta from 1243. The castle is first documented in 1248 and took the form of a circular tower reminiscent of the fortified constructions of Peter II, Count of Savoy, to whom Grossi was a close advisor.
Text adapted from “Châtelard Castle, Aosta Valley” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Châtelard Castle ranks #6,294 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #445 of the 555 mapped in Italy. Founded 1248, it is older than 71% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Annecy, 74 km away. It is one of the 16 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Aosta Valley. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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