page_title: Scuol
section_title: Heritage sites of national significance
hierarchical_section_title: Scuol / Heritage sites of national significance
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Castello di Tarasp
context_page_description: Scuol is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. The official language in Scuol is Romansh. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into Scuol.
context_section_description: The Baselgia refurmada, the Chasa Wieland Nr. 29 and the Kurhaus Bad Tarasp (spa Bad Tarasp) in Scuol, the Chasté (a prehistoric site, a medieval fortress and a church) and the Doppelwohnhaus (Double-house) in Ardez, Tarasp Castle and the Trinkhalle (drinking hall) in Tarasp are all listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance.
  The Chastè site includes settlements from the late Bronze Age (Melauner culture) into the early Iron Age (Fritzens-Sanzeno culture) as well as some finds from the Roman Empire.
  The Chasa Wieland Nr.29 in Scuol village was built around a three story medieval stone tower.  It was likely built by one of a few Graubünden noble families.  The tower may have been damaged when Scuol was destroyed in 1499 during the Swabian War, but if so it was quickly repaired.  During the Bündner Wirren, in 1622, Scuol and the tower were burned.  Soon thereafter a farmhouse was built over the ruins, incorporating the 1 m (3.3 ft) thick walls.  Some of the doorways are from the tower, while new windows had to be broken into the walls.  The date 1753 was carved into the lintel.  The walls still show the Pietra Rasa construction, where the mortar that holds the rough stones together is also used as a plaster to them.  After plastering with mortar, lines are incised into the mortar to give the appearance of regular bricks or stones.
caption: Tarasp Castle
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