Verrès The castle of Verrès

The Castle of Verrès What does the Castle of Verrès look like?
The Castle of Verrès can be accessed via an old mule track that starts from the steps in Emile Chanoux Square and reaches the foot of the castle’s 16th-century ramparts at the point where the entrance opens, once preceded by the main drawbridge and still flanked by a secondary one reserved for pedestrians.
On the portal one notices the coat of arms of Count Renato di Challant and a Latin inscription praising the great Count Renato who embellished the interior and equipped the exterior with warlike structures.
Entering the castle, one notices windows, portals, and volumes of different shapes and styles, indicative of a succession of interventions.
The three floors of the building are connected by a monumental stone staircase.
The rooms are bare, but it is interesting to observe the symmetry of the spaces, the rooms intended for the arms and guards on the ground floor and the rooms reserved for the lords, on the second floor.
The latter gather sunlight thanks to elegant mullioned windows, that is, divided into two parts, while the large dining room is connected by a walkway to the master kitchen, which has three large fireplaces.
To learn more, we recommend a guided tour of about 30 minutes.
We leave you with a little mystery: numerous strategies were used to make the castle invincible and unassailable, and … particular is the trap at its entrance that allowed enemies to be defeated even if they managed to enter the castle!