Ried Castle

Bolzano, Italy

Ried Castle is a rather small castle probably built around 1200. It was extended about 50 years later. Towards the end of the 13th century, the castle was owned by the von Wangen family.

Today, the well-preserved castle is privately owned and can not be visited.

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Founded: c. 1200
Category: Castles and fortifications in Italy

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le difese del lago idro durante la grande guerra (4 years ago)
Small castle .. private ... Seen only from the outside ... Here lived a descendant of Count "Dracula"
channel max (6 years ago)
It is a small castle, near the most famous Castel Roncolo. It dates back to the twelfth century and originally its walls were bathed by the Talvera stream (now about twenty meters). In its long history, it has never been conquered. In the sixteenth he lived within its walls the last Voivod of Wallachia, Peter the Lame, grandson of Vlad the Impaler, the character who inspired the Dracula story. Today it is inhabited by private individuals and cannot be visited.
michele marmorini (6 years ago)
Nice inaomma staff
sofia bubola (6 years ago)
Visto solo da fuori purtroppo
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