CastleSankt Jakob im Rosental-Schlatten

Ras Castle

The remains of the Castle can be visited

The castle ruin of Ras, a hilltop castle, is on an elevation in the municipality of Sankt Jakob im Rosental in Carinthia, Austria.

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Ras Castle, also known as Turne Castle, was first documented in 1171. It was constructed in the 12th century on a hilltop in the upper Rosental valley, above Schlatten, and likely served as the second ancestral seat of the Lords of Ras. They had previously resided in an older castle on the Gratschenitzen, of which only a few remains survive today. Ras Castle was abandoned between 1309 and 1317, after the family relocated their main residence to Rosegg Castle.

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