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TOM
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posted 10-09-2000 10:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for TOM   Click Here to Email TOM     Edit/Delete Message
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
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posted 10-09-2000 11:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Levan   Click Here to Email Levan     Edit/Delete Message
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

Marko
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posted 10-09-2000 04:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Marko   Click Here to Email Marko     Edit/Delete Message
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.

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Marko
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posted 10-09-2000 05:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Marko   Click Here to Email Marko     Edit/Delete Message
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
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posted 10-12-2000 04:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Erik Schmidt   Click Here to Email Erik Schmidt     Edit/Delete Message
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.

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