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Castel Gardena, an austere 17th-century castle among the peaks of the Dolomites is the summer refuge of the Franchettis, one of Italy's most aesthetically obsessed aristocratic dynasties.

Heraldic crests, baroque plaster reliefs and religious icons decorate the chapel

Andrea Franchetti's bedroom is pine-paneled in Alpine Renaissance style

Nearly every bedroom in the castle features an antique bed and a brightly-colored tiled stove, a traditional Alpine feature.

These photographs by Simon Watson

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