Thurn Castle lies opposite of the more famous Monguelfo Castle in the surroundings of Monguelfo
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The map of Thurn Castle - not to be confused with Ciastel de Tor in San Martino in Badia which is called Thurn in German too - is similar to the one of Monguelfo Castle. It lies on a hill at the entrance of Val Casies. The castle was built by the Lords of Welsperg in the 13th century and probably emerged from an originally small keep and a hall.
In 1288 Thurn Castle entered into the possession of the Lords of Füllein and in the 14th century it got its current name. The ruin occupies a whole hill and is 74 metres long. In the 17th century Thurn Castle started to decline and on May 15, 1765, it was destroyed by a fire. Today, the ruin with its 22 metres high keep is owned by Count Georg Thun-Hohenstein-Welsperg.
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