Château d'Albon

Albon Castle

Albon

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No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Albon

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Château d'Albon stands in Albon (Drôme), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: Middle Ages). No visits are on record for this building.

Set on a ridge above the Valloire valley, the ruins of Albon castle mark the birthplace of the Albon family, the comital house that gave rise to the Dauphiné of Viennois. The site retains a 13th century keep, the remains of a Romanesque chapel and a residential aula, together with an artificial mound shaped from the 11th century onward. Visitors come chiefly for the scale of the archaeological remains and the view over the Rhône plain, facing the château d'Anjou.

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What to know

The site consists of open-air ruins, without roofing or interior fittings.
Reaching it involves a climb up a ridge to the motte, so a basic level of physical effort is needed.
The monument dates from the Middle Ages, with elements going back to the 11th and 13th centuries.
The protected parts include the keep, the remains of the chapel, the aula and the castle mound.
No verified information is available on opening times or admission fees.