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Topic: Fiera di Primiero
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posted 10-09-2000 10:34 AM
I`M LOOKING FOR SOME INFORMATIONS ABAUT A CASTLE RUIN IN ITALY/TRENTINO/FIERA DI PRIMIERO CALLED "CASTLE PIETRA"THERE ARE TWO CASTLES IN TRENTINO WITH THAT NAME - BUT I DON`T NEED INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE "CASTLE PIETRA" between rovereto and trento Thank you TOM |
Levan Moderator
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posted 10-09-2000 11:25 AM
To be honest, my Italian geography is not good enough to know if this is the correct castle or not! Anyway, the towns you mention are not in the description.An index of Tuscan castles: http://www.castellitoscani.com/castles_index.htm The Pietra entry from that list: http://www.castellitoscani.com/pietra.htm Trentino Castles: http://www.unitn.it/trentino/castles.html Italian Tourist Board Guide to Trentino castles: http://www.itwg.com/en_tre05.htm Levan
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Marko Senior Member
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posted 10-09-2000 04:48 PM
Maybe you should look at http://www.castlesontheweb.com/quest/Forum7/HTML/000284.html or contact Cowboy about what he found out. Don't know if this is the one you need or don't need, sorry. Good luck.------------------ "A man's house is his castle" Visit my website at http://www.castles.nl/ [This message has been edited by Marko (edited 10-30-2001).] |
Marko Senior Member
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posted 10-09-2000 05:56 PM
Well, well. Did some searching and found that pietra is not only a name but maybe also somekind of stone or something. Didn't make the search any easier. Also because my Italian must be as good as your Dutch. But...I did find some interesting links from the region you mentioned. First one in english mentioning a Castle Pietra, though I suspect this is the one you didn't want: http://www.provincia.tn.it/RICERCA/script/ViewDoc.ASP?Item=6&Type=HTML Second, one in Italian. I mentions the word pietra and the sentence "i misteriosi ruderi di Castel San Pietro." Which I think means the mysterious ruins of Castle San Pietro. You're sure about your spelling? It's at: http://www.provincia.tn.it/RICERCA/script/ViewDoc.ASP?Item=8&Type=HTML Third, again one in Italian. Again the word pietra is mentioned and a sentence "ruderi del Castello di Gresta." Does this translate to the ruins of Castle di Gresta? It's at: http://www.provincia.tn.it/RICERCA/script/ViewDoc.ASP?Item=19&Type=HTML And at last I found this one. I'm pretty sure this is the one you needed. It's in english and mentions the Castle Pietra ruins. It's at: http://www.provincia.tn.it/RICERCA/script/ViewDoc.ASP?Item=21&Type=HTML Hope this helps. |
Erik Schmidt Senior Member
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posted 10-12-2000 04:29 AM
Hi Tom, Found your castle. I visited the Trento area a bit over a year ago. It's beautiful and packed with castles, so I had a great time. While there I picked up a free guide to castles in Trentino(in Italian) and it happens to contain both "Castel Pietra". The ruin of Castel Pietra lies a bit outside the town of FIERA DI PRIMIERO, which is about 50km ENE of Trento. The castle sits on a steep sided ridge surrounded by forest and boasts a superb panorama. The description seems to say it is made up of multiple fortifications, it's in Italian an my mother did her best to translate. The name Pietra seems to come from its location, as it means cliff/rock face, which is what surrounds the castle. The rock proved a bit weak, and by the 14th century was causing the castle to begin crumbling. Just when it was built seems unknown. Legend has it that it was built when Atillah invaded, but documents suggest it was built to control the local Cereda mountain pass. It was destroyed by the Venetians in 1511, but rebuilt sometime in the 16th cent. as Palazzo Welsperg by the Welsperg family. Once again it is a ruin. Hope that's what you were after as that's all I have on it. |