Italy
Graines Castle ranks #6,219 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #438 of the 555 mapped in Italy. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Turin, 74 km away. It is one of the 16 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Aosta Valley. It is stop 10 of 18 on the Aosta Valley castle route, Aosta to Ivrea. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
The Castle of Graines is a castle in Val d'Ayas, located near the village with the same name in the municipality of Brusson, Aosta Valley, northern Italy.
It occupies the summit of a rocky spur which commands Brusson and most of the Val d'Ayas. In medieval times, it communicated through flag or mirror messages with the nearby Bonot Tower and the Villa Castle in Challand-Saint-Victor.
According to a legend, a large treasure lies buried under the castle.
Text adapted from “Graines Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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