Sarriod de la Tour Castle

Sarriod de la Tour Castle is a castle in the town of Saint-Pierre by the Dora Baltea River, in Northwestern Italy's Aosta Valley. The original castle was typical of the style built between the 10th and 12th centuries, and was greatly expanded by Jean Sarriod in 1420 and his son, Antoine, in 1478. The north wing's ground floor features a wooden-ceilinged "Hall of Heads", named for its decorative motifs.

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Sarriod de la Tour Castle ranks #4,704 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #355 of the 487 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 90% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 325 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Wikidata records about 2,645 visitors in 2022. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Turin, 78 km away. It is one of the 16 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Aosta Valley. It is stop 6 of 18 on the Aosta Valley castle route, Aosta to Ivrea. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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