Castello di Villar Dora, Gothic castle in Villar Dora, Italy.

The Castello di Villar Dora is a medieval fortress situated on elevated terrain with Gothic features including pointed arches and thick stone walls. The structure displays typical defensive elements of a castle from this era.

The hilltop held a Roman settlement, attested by lamps and lacrimatories found in the 19th century. Documents from 1287 describe the Castrum Villaris Almexii, three towers joined by a wall built in herringbone technique still visible at the base. In 1359 Pietro and Daniele Provana bought it, founding the Villar branch; between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries they rebuilt it in Gothic style. The line died out in the late 19th century and the castle passed to the Antonielli d'Oulx counts.

The Provana family's rise is recalled in the coat of arms, which Pope Martin V allowed them to quarter with the Colonna column after they supplied an army to escort him to Rome in 1418. The castle is a private residence of the counts Antonielli d'Oulx and is not open to visitors.

The castle is a private residence of the Antonielli d'Oulx counts and is not open to visitors, so it is seen from outside. It stands on a rocky hill in the centre of Villar Dora, in the Susa Valley, and is reached by road from Turin. The lower sections of the perimeter walls, built in herringbone technique, can be spotted from the village streets.

The lower sections of the perimeter walls still show the "lisca di pesce" (herringbone) masonry technique described in documents from 1287, when the complex consisted of three towers joined by a wall circuit. The castle remains a private residence of the Antonielli d'Oulx counts, so it is not open to visitors.