Coat of Arms & The Ussel Castle
Information about the Castle is hard to come by to say the least. But with the help of our local librarian, the passage below was found in a book called "The Castles of Italy". I also found a "Ussel Coat of Arms". Unfortunately it was in Icon size on a French terrain map. I have e-mailed the site to try and get larger version with more detail. For those interested, e-mail me for the Icon version.Bob Ezell [email protected]
CHAPTER III
VAL D’AOSTA AND ITS CASTLES
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Castle of Ussel---Verrea and Ibleto de Challant’s ghost---Moonlight excursion to the Castle of the
Verrez---Issogne, the Castle of Dreams
The castle of Ussel had to be visited, if only because of its imposing situation. From Ussel the eye
wanders over miles of wonderful scenery, guided chiefly by the bright winding waters of the Dora
until they are lost in the far distance. Patches of chestnut woods lie upon the hillsides surrounding
the much devastated castle, which, in spite of its condition, inspires admiration. It frowns down
with the air of a tyrant, and it stands in the shadow of a mountain rising at its back, so that the
consequent perpetual penumbra adds much to its severity. It is built upon the edge of great rock,
and from some of its windows you can gaze down into a terrifying abyss.
A curious window-like opening some way up in the wall is in reality a large door intended to
facilitate the supplying of the castle with food and ammunition. It has no important towers, and its
impregnability, depends chiefly upon its position and the massiveness of its walls. High up here on
the castle rock we could clearly hear the clock of San Vincenzo’s church down below in the valley
striking the hour. Time, however, would not allow us to make any researches into the historic
pose of the castle, and we had to be content with the feast of color in its stones and the
surrounding mountains
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Ussel Castle Picture Found.
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