The Château de Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne is a ruined

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in the '' commune'' of Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne in the

Ain Ain (, ; ) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...

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'' of France.

History

Constructed by the ''seigneurs'' of Châtillon around 1000,"Château de Châtillon"
''AUTOUR DE LYON 2017/2018'', Petit Futé it was the birthplace, around 1155, of Saint Étienne de Châtillon, the future

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monk and Bishop of Die. It fell in 1272 to the counts of Savoie who found a considerable strategic interest it. Moreover, the size of the buildings allowed them to hold receptions there. In 1600, Henri IV declared war on

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.Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont (1896). ''The History of Henry IV, (surnamed "the Great"), King of France and Navarre''. Trans. James Dauncey. London: H. S. Nichols. pages 214-6

Bresse Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term ''Bresse'' has two meanings: ''Bresse bourguignonne'' (or ''louhannaise''), whic ...

was invaded and the castle was razed. All that was left was the ''

enceinte Enceinte (from Latin ''incinctus'' "girdled, surrounded") is a French term that refers to the "main defensive enclosure of a fortification". For a castle, this is the main defensive line of wall towers and curtain walls enclosing the positio ...

'' with its entrance gateway with its

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arch and the foundations of four of the original seven towers.

Description

A large work of rehabilitation made it possible to raise the four towers and to make safe the site, which offers an exceptional view today when one arrives by the D936 road. (

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient Provinces of France, province of Bresse (). I ...

- Villefranche-sur-Saône). Visitors can rest on the lawn created inside this enclosure, or attend one of the many historical shows which are put on there in summer. In order to benefit further from this site, the commune undertook work and is forming a pedestrian path around the old castle. The property of the commune, it has been listed since 1927 as a ''

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'' by the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne, Chateau de Ruined castles in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Monuments historiques of Ain

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