The beautiful castle of Serralunga d'Alba.. Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy

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Serralunga d'Alba is located not far from Alba, in the heart of the Langhe, here is one of the most beautiful castles and more details of the Piedmont: the Castle "Military" in Serralunga. Castle and accounts Falletti di Barolo (where stands another castle), situated on a hill and masters from all over the hill.
It has an unusual and strange for the construction period, is narrow, tall and typically military. The building is very striking tourist momentum and the verticality of its Gothic architecture, is visible from afar and appears impregnable. is surrounded by paved courtyards, inside decor is not preserved, is bare but very interesting to visit. The visit can 'to group and is guided, the guide lives in the tree next to the castle, the original era. The tour has a fixed price, after the tour leaves offer free driving. The entire tour lasts about an hour, the plans of the castle can be visited until the last, which was covered by the roof and renovated in recent times.
The fort has two asymmetrical towers, one round and one square, and a turret roof.
The castle has undergone many renovations thanks to the fact that he has never suffered serious damage brought by the fighting and wars.
The entire structure is brick, within just a few fireplace and a fresco in a small chapel. The moat is no longer visible.
The castle is owned by the state from the '50s. Arrival is not easy but there are good signs along the streets of Langa.
A Serralunga then there are good places to eat and a hotel, many shops to buy local produce and wines. Interesting also the historical center of the country.
The highest castle in Piedmont? Probably. Serralunga, Langhe, Piedmont .... same old story: we eat very well and is full of castles, we hill, surrounded by nature, great scenery .... We arrive at Serralunga and the Castle is signposted, parking in the village square and take a stroll on foot, we stop at a restaurant to take a bite, excellent! At 14:00 begins a visit to the Castle of Serralunga, a castle very strange, narrow and high, placed on top of the hill seems even higher ... Bare, well-preserved red brick, old and beautiful despite not having furniture and has frescoes and stucco, inevitably, was conceived as a military fortress, the beauty was certainly not their first concern.
Next to the castle, passing a gravel courtyard, there is a cottage dating from the period of the ancient castle, later restored a bit'.... its in there lives the lady who acts as guardian and guide for visits to the castle.
The delightful balcony that drive from the house of brick and wood and is ... full of cats!
The tour is priceless, you leave a bid at the end of the tour, the castle is owned by the town then it certainly has state and regional grants .....
One enters the courtyard behind the castle there are small open courtyards with some flower beds and green wooden benches.
The castle is very high as to feel, great for photos and look at it from below by a feeling of power, place of protection, taxation of the village and valley.
The guide is nice and very open, welcomes groups and individuals, very good, a lady about 50 years very professional but in a hypnotic, hyper really interesting to visit and do!
Two inputs, two brick arches, small and narrow, the signs indicate that hundreds of years ago there was a drawbridge and a moat that now ..... no more.
Second entrance, security was never too much here ...... The castle has never been damaged by battles and wars so it is in excellent condition. The guide tells us about the history of the castle, which was the Falletti di Barolo (more or less Falletti these men were the undisputed masters of a lot of castles in Langa, lucky them).
The first rooms (yards enclosed) that we encounter are hyper remains, only the walls and few windows, hole, grate, door ....... The castle is very narrow and very tall, we climb up the ladder first close and high and reached the first floor, first room was probably a kind of cooking, or at least used a lot of room, tiled floor, tiled in the red, two fireplaces, a high window, a small chapel in a corner, the only point of the frescoed castle, no one knew who he was but the fresco is painted (and clearly religious), recently renovated in bright colors. An open urinal in the middle of the bearing wall of the room (it was said emergency )..... practical sti Falletti not?
pass into another steep staircase ...... other room interesting. Here we find old charcoal drawings on the wall with logos, symbols, probably of the family or of those who deal in the past ', if only briefly the castle. Since the castle for years and years has been abandoned, it is possible that some small foreign army was there to shelter or hide ..... leaving a few faint traces ...... tiny inscriptions barely visible now, witness a past not too recent. Last climb, the last race ... last ...... steep staircase. That brings us to the roof or rather on what was once the roof, the wall walk, etc. ..... round tower and turret roof on the other. Not long ago (the only restoration work done in the castle), the roof was closed with a real roof tiles, the walls were raised and are walkways and became a great room, a huge open space with windows tilting wall to observe from above the Langa and beyond. is a beautiful place, this space so large, where there is nothing but makes you feel safe and curious, peered through the window and you realize that many years ago, who was up there, it was really king of the world ... . so high, with that beautiful view, from there you can see the castle of S. Vittoria d'Alba, Grinzane and others.
We get satisfied and we meet the Cubs in the courtyard of the cat lady who guided us in the visit, I leave my contribution, my offer, the visit was interesting and lasted an hour. The group disappears ...... yet taken, so we run to the discovery of other fairy tale castles or the military in the area.
Feel good, interesting and well-organized. I am leaving this castle with 120 photographs assets!
Ps. New in this castle connected to the toilet: they were so forward that they were almost the only ones to create a toilet in the castle, they download allesterno but in a cavity inside the castle. A real bath in a small closed room. however, arise from them all of our bath house??