• Cré Castle

    Castles and towers

Cré Castle

Resorts: Avise

Rules for visitors

Not open to visitors.

Contacts

Resti del castello di Cré
Address
11010 AVISE (AO)
Telephone
0165.91113
Fax
0165.91233 (c/o Municipio)
Web Site
www.comune.avise.ao.it

As you come out of the municipal seat, on the edge of a promontory you find this partly destroyed fortified manor house.
Probably built in the 10th century, it is said that it belonged to Pierre d’Avise, vice-administrator of Aosta in 1425. In the second half of the century it was sold to Bonifacio Ducrest of Savoy, a ducal official.
The Ducrest family died out at the start of the 18th century.

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