FORTE DI FENESTRELLE

Fortress
The fort of Fenestrelle is Europe’s biggest fortified structure and the largest walled construction after the Great Wall of China. A stone colossus that extends for about five kilometres along the hills of the Val Chisone and covers a height difference of almost 700 metres.

The only Piedmont fort of the 18th century still with its original architecture, it is located within the Orsiera-Rocciavré Regional Nature Park, and since 1999 it has been the symbol of the Province of Turin.

More than a fort, it can be viewed as a barricade. Made up of several small forts, (San Carlo, Tre Denti, Sant’Elmo and Valli), powder magazines, medieval quarters that acted as a fortress, quarters for the troops, all connected by redoubts and powerful embrasures united by that admirable work that makes Fort Fenestrelle even more unique and fascinating: the covered stairway (about 4000 steps), excavated in an artificial tunnel of almost two kilometres.


It is on the parade ground of Fort San Carlo that all the most representative buildings of the defence complex overlook: the governor’s palace, the pavilion of the officers and the church. From the parade ground there also starts the long covered stairway connecting every part of the large fortress. Inside Fort San Carlo there are also three military quarters, the Santi’Ignazio powder magazine, the overhangs, the royal gateway and many other buildings used as depositories, laboratories, infirmaries and guardhouses.


Please note that visits to the fortress are all by telephone booking.

Contacts
Via del Forte, 1, 10060 Fenestrelle (TO)

45.0338661, 7.0549295

Tariffs
  • € 20,00
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    durata 7 ore - intera giornata - partenza ore 9.00
  • € 17,00
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    durata 7 ore - intera giornata - dai 7 ai 12 anni - comitive min. 25 pax - partenza ore 9.00
  • € 45,00
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    durata 7 ore - intera giornata - piano famiglia (2 adulti + 2 ragazzi dai 7 ai 18 anni) per ogni ragazzo in più euro 10.00 - partenza ore 9.00
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    partenza ore 10 e ore 15 - durata 3 ore - ragazzi dai 7 ai 12 anni e comitive min. 25 pax
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  • € 10,00
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    durata 1 ora - partenze ore 10 e ore 15
  • € 5,00
    Reduced price
    ragazzi dai 7 ai 12 anni e comitive min. 25 pax - durata 1 ora - partenze ore 10 e ore 15
  • Free
    Abbonamento Musei holders, Torino+Piemonte Card owners

From 01/07/2024 to 31/08/2024

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    10:00 - 13:00, 15:00 - 17:00
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    10:00 - 13:00, 15:00 - 17:00
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  • Refreshment Point
    Café des Forçat - solo da asporto
  • Bookshop
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Toilets
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(access with guided tours under reservation)