The Non Valley – Val di Non is one of the richest valley of castles, with more than 20 manors.
The castle of Cles is the residence of the dynasty of de Cles from the 12h century.
In this beautiful “palace” was born one of the great figure Bernardo Clesio, the promoter of the Council of Trento, the Prince and bishop of Trento who gave a Renaissance style look.
The castle stands on an isolated hummock and facing the beautiful and recent Lake of Saint Justine – Lago di Santa Giustina, an artificial basin created in 1951.
The castle of Cles used to control the roman route near the Noce river.
To dived the two banks there was a very long wooden bridge.
In the origin the castle of Cles used to have three towers, but it seemed that during the first peasant Rebellion in 1525 and in 1825 suffered of a severe fire and brought lots of damages.
Il castello in origine aveva 3 torri, una delle quali pare crollo durante l’incendio del 1525 durante una guerra rustica, da un’insurrezione dei contadini esasperati dal potere delle autorità locali.
The Reinassence lover, Clesio, was very fond of his residency and for this reason called the well known painter of that time Marcello Fogolino to paint one of the salons on the second floor.
The theme of his work is the mythological scenes.
The Castle is not available for visits but you can look at it from the view point in Pez or just going for a stroll in the apple-trees.
