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Tarasp Castle today

Switzerland · Restored

Tarasp Castle

Tarasp Castle is a medieval hilltop castle in the Lower Engadin, Graubünden, Switzerland, perched on a rocky spur above the valley. The complex consists of a tall five‑storey bell/watch tower with a Baroque onion dome, a 13th‑century palas with thick walls, plastered curtain walls and residential wings, a chapel integrated into the ring wall, and a 16th‑century zwinger with half towers.

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First raised

1094

Its prime

1732

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1732

The shape it held in its prime.

Perched on a rocky promontory above a grassy valley, the castle rises as white‑plastered curtain walls and residential ranges perched directly on exposed bedrock. A compact palas with small windows and very thick walls sits west of a freestanding five‑storey bell/watch tower crowned by a Baroque onion dome; lower stonework is visible where rock meets masonry. Defensive zwinger walls with two half‑towers and crenellations encircle the core, with steep, dark pitched roofs and a small conical tower at the edge.

Step inside

8 places to explore in 1732.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Tarasp Castle — including 3 interiors: chapel apse interior with paintings, palas lower floors with vaulted ceilings, old armory room. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Approach from the valley slopeZwinger and outer curtain wallBell/watch tower exteriorChapel apse interior with paintingsPalas and residential wings exteriorPalas lower floors with vaulted ceilingsOld armory roomBattlements and roofline walk

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