{"id":25981,"date":"2021-06-16T01:13:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T08:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/?p=25981"},"modified":"2021-06-16T01:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T08:14:17","slug":"the-tovrea-castle-society-is-holding-a-ticket-lottery-for-tours-happening-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoenixvalleyreview.com\/the-tovrea-castle-society-is-holding-a-ticket-lottery-for-tours-happening-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tovrea Castle Society is holding a ticket lottery for tours happening this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"
Popularly called a “Jewel in the Desert”<\/strong>, Tovrea Castle<\/a><\/strong> at Carraro Heights<\/a><\/strong> has intrigued people in the Valley of the Sun for 90 years and is a Phoenix Point of Pride<\/strong>, an Arizona Centennial Legacy Project<\/strong> and on the National Register of Historic Places<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The question is: Why would anybody build a Castle in the middle of the desert in the late 1920\u2019s and why is it still here today? It’s enough to just look at the unique cast of characters who were inspired by the property beginning in 1907. Due to its unique location (now in the heart of the Phoenix metropolitan area) yet secluded by the forty-four acres of preserved desert surrounding the structure, the Castle still sparks the curiosity of passersby.<\/p>\n The castle was originally built in 1929 by Italian immigrant, gold miner, and entrepreneur Alessio Carraro<\/strong> (who originally intended it to become a hotel), but eventually it was sold to meat-packing magnate Edward Tovrea in the 1930s and became a home for his widow, Della, after his death a few years later.<\/p>\n