Itinerario del Castel Lusa

Immersed in an ancient agricultural landscape with meadows, rows of vines and nuts there is the charming Castel Lusa.

Perched on a small hill between the streams Stien and Caorame, the castle was originally inserted in a context of fortified villages used for the control of metal mining. The structure, linked to the feudal family of the Lusa, has been affected by numerous seismic events as a result of which it has undergone heavy renovation to make almost unrecognizable the ancient parts of the building, giving it a characteristic aspect of the villa with a large loggia. Inside, there is also a sacred building built next to the ruins of an earlier medieval church.

Today used as a private home, it can be reached through a panoramic path that winds through sixteenth-century mills, art treasures and villages that still retain the charm of other times, in particular the ancient church of San Marcello in Umin, the large complex of Villa Zugni Tauro De Mezzan in Grum. The latter, built in the eighteenth century and enlarged in the nineteenth century, has a main body well balanced and is characterized by a large grassy space and a wrought iron fence by the artist Carlo Rizzarda of Feltre. In the back, finally, you can see the private church of Santo Stefano and the Agricultural Museum.