Issogne Castle

Issogne Castle is a castle in Issogne, in lower Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy. It is one of the most famous manors of the region, and is located on the right bank of the Dora Baltea at the centre of the inhabited area of Issogne. As a seigniorial residence of the Renaissance, the Castle has quite a different look from that of the austere Verrès Castle, which is located in Verrès, on the opposite bank of the river.

Issogne Castle is most noteworthy for its fountain in the form of pomegranate tree and its highly decorated portico, a rare example of medieval Alpine painting, with its frescoed cycle of scenes of daily life from the late Middle Ages.

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Issogne Castle ranks #3,185 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #256 of the 487 mapped in Italy. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,702 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 36,000 visitors in 2022. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Turin, 64 km away. It is one of the 16 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Aosta Valley. It is stop 12 of 18 on the Aosta Valley castle route, Aosta to Ivrea. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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