Ancien Château
Historic site and monument, Historic patrimony, Castle, 11th C
in Saint-Crépin
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You might have always known about the château, but apart from a few ruins, we don't really know what it looked like...
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Some remains, at the level of the old ramparts, attest to the presence of a castle whose construction would date from the 11th century. Don't expect to see any obvious evidence for the uninitiated, but the view is superb, the view goes far into the valley, which at the time was of great interest to defend its position! A first castle would have been built as early as the XIth century on the top of the rocky hillock. In 1210, the Archbishop of Embrun took possession of the castle. We have no...
Some remains, at the level of the old ramparts, attest to the presence of a castle whose construction would date from the 11th century. Don't expect to see any obvious evidence for the uninitiated, but the view is superb, the view goes far into the valley, which at the time was of great interest to defend its position! A first castle would have been built as early as the XIth century on the top of the rocky hillock. In 1210, the Archbishop of Embrun took possession of the castle. We have no precise information about it, only a door and vestiges of the enclosure would attest to its antiquity. The castle was abandoned in the 16th century and finally destroyed at the beginning of the 17th century to prevent it from being used as a refuge for Protestants...
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