Sarriod de la Tour - old fairy tale castle in the town of Saint-Pierre in the Italian region of Val d'Aosta, now converted into a museum .  The exact origins of this castle, standing on the plain close to the state highway, has not yet been established .  The oldest part of the chapel and the central square tower, surrounded by defensive walls, probably refers to the 10-12 th centuries, as is typical for the period Valdostane castles .  In 1420, the year a certain Jean Sarriod ordered to build next to the tower, which was known as Turris Sariodorum, a real castle - it was attached to the tower several additional facilities .  At the same time it built a spiral staircase in the tower and were added to the windows of the cross cut stone - these elements were typical of the architecture of the 15th century .  In 1478, the year Antoine Sarriod de la Tour, the son of Jean, the old chapel was consecrated in honor of the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist and commanded her to paint the walls with frescoes depicting scenes of the Crucifixion .  A very small chapel crowned spire .  Interestingly, within the preserved fragments of frescoes of the 13th century - the most important are located on the southern wall: the upper part you can see the Crucifixion, at the bottom - the image of the two saints, mermaids and grotesque figures, and between the windows - Adoration of the Magi . 

The main hall of the castle - the so-called head room - got its name from the ceiling supported by a bracket 171, carved in the form of grotesque shapes - mythical monsters and animals with the family coat of arms. The creation of these figures dates back to around 1430, the year. Generally, the first mention of the Sarriod family, linked politically, but not by blood, to the lords of Bard, dates from the late 12th century.

At the end of the 15th century defensive wall to the Sarriod de la Tour were added semicircular and round towers, and on the west side was made a new entrance portal with pointed arches and arched vault with Sarriod coat of arms of the family. Reversed the west wing of the castle was added in the 16th century, and the north tower dates from the 17th century. Part of the wall paintings and stucco fireplace - is the creation of the masters of the 18th century. The castle remained the property of the family of Sarriod de la Tour until 1923, when he moved to the family Bence from Genoa, and from 1970 is owned by the government of the autonomous region of Val d'Aosta.