Propylaeum

Volume 40 of the series Schweizer Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters has as its theme the ruins of the castle complex of Marmels (municipality of Marmorera in the Oberhalbstein/Sursés valley, canton of Graubünden), situated about a hundred meters above the Marmorera reservoir. The castle belonged in the high and late Middle Ages to the Lords of Marmels, ministerials of the Bishop of Chur. Extensive restoration of the castle ruins in 1987 and 1988 enabled the Archaeological Service of the Grisons to carry out architectural-historical investigations on the preserved building remains and excavations on the site, and to present the results in the present volume.