This castle, standing in a position which is perhaps unique in the world, on a plateau one hundred and fifty feet above that sublime lake, a great part of which it commands, had been originally a fortress.
Kokaleku hark ez zuen, ziur asko, parerik izango munduan, goi ordoki batean baitzegoen gaztelua, aintzira ezin ederrago hartatik ehun eta berrogeita hamar oin gorago, eta handik ia aintzira osoa zeukan ikusmenean behinola gotorleku izandako eraikin hark.