Medieval castle of Fenis

• Italy
• Fenis
• Aosta Valley

Description

Fénis Castle is an Italian medieval castle and one of the most famous castles in Aosta Valley. For its architecture and its many towers and battlemented walls it has become one of the major tourist attractions of the region.The Aosta Valley is a mountainous semi-autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France to the west, Valais, Switzerland to the north and the region of Piedmont to the south and east. The Aosta Valley is an Alpine valley which with its tributary valleys includes the Italian slopes of Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, Gran Paradiso and the Matterhorn; its highest peak is Mont Blanc (4.810 m).