Ansitz Fioreschy, Cultural heritage castle in Auer, Italy.

Ansitz Fioreschy, also called Schloss Auer, is a medieval village castle in Auer converted into a noble residence. A rear tower holds a vaulted dungeon, now partly underground and used as a wine cellar, and a three-storey oriel projects from the outer wall. Inside are heraldic frescoes and stucco ceilings showing the Eye of Providence; outside, a stone-framed round-arched door, biforate windows with side seats and a pointed-arch portal with ashlar surround.

The castle was first documented in 1190, when the fief of the lords of Enn was granted to the lords of Ora. After that family died out, it returned to the Enn, and in 1287, following their defeat by Meinhard II, it became a Tyrolean fief. The present Renaissance form dates from a 16th-century renovation; the von Fioreschy have owned it for about 200 years.

The name Fioreschy comes from the family that has owned the residence since the 18th century; their coat of arms frescoes were renewed in 1776. The building is inhabited and closed to visitors, so the heraldic paintings and stucco ceilings with the Eye of Providence are seen only from outside. The vaulted tower dungeon, now partly below ground, serves as a wine cellar.

The Ansitz is a private, inhabited residence and cannot be visited; its garden and buildings are only seen from outside. It stands in the village of Auer, and the tower vault, now partly sunk in the ground, serves as a wine cellar. Admire the heraldic frescoes and the stucco ceilings with the Eye of Providence from the street.

The tower keep at the rear of Ansitz Fioreschy holds a vaulted dungeon that now lies partly underground and serves as the family's wine cellar. The heraldic frescoes on the exterior were restored in 1776, the same era in which the von Fioreschy family took possession of the residence.