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Canaschal Castle

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The western tower is about 7.6 m × 8.2 m (25 ft × 27 ft) with walls that are up to 2.2 m (7.2 ft). The tower is about three stories tall and has a high entrance on the south side. One of the corner stones on the south-west corner was supposed to have had the
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The eastern tower stands on the highest point of the hill and is almost completely destroyed. The tower was probably about 10 m × 10 m (33 ft × 33 ft) with walls that were about 1.2 m (3.9 ft) thick. Only the south-east corner is still standing. It was
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von Frauenberg to oversee the region. After their extinction the Freiherr von Wildenberg was appointed as the Abbey's representative. In the 14th century the Wildenbergs were forced to give the Herrschaft and castle or castles as
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face of a crowned king, representing Pepin the Short, chiseled into it. However the image is heavily weathered and is now invisible. It was probably built in the early 13th century.
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Canaschal Castle consists of two towers separated by about 150 meters (490 ft) on a hill south-east of Trin.
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Confusingly the name Canaschal is not consistently used for this castle. It is also referred to individually as
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castle and could no longer be used as a refuge. The castle may have also been built to guard the road to the
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In the 16th century Ulrich Campell's chronicle records that there were two castles in Trin, Hohentrins and
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Very little is known about the history of Canaschal Castle though local tradition holds that
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which probably referred to Sogn Parcazi and Canaschal respectively.
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Pair of ruined castles in Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
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Canaschal Castle is located in Canton of Graubünden
Canaschal Castle is located in Switzerland
46°49′41″N 9°21′56″E / 46.82806°N 9.36556°E / 46.82806; 9.36556
hill castle
m above the sea
Bossage
German
Trin
Canton of Graubünden
Switzerland
Sogn Parcazi

Pepin
Charlemagne
refuge castle
fortified church
Romansh
Pancras
feudal
Surselva
Emperor
Otto I
Tamins
Reichenau, Switzerland
Herrschaft
Reichenau Abbey
Freiherr
collateral

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