Is the château de Cambiaire open to visitors?

Long closed as a private residence, it turned to tourism after being sold in 2011, offering gîte and guest-room accommodation.

How old is the château de Cambiaire?

Construction began in 1366, with the keep's lower levels dating from that medieval period and its top floor added in a late 15th-century extension.

Why was the château de Cambiaire burned down?

German troops set it on fire on 8 April 1944 in reprisal, after it had served as headquarters for the Bir-Hakeim maquis.

Where is the château de Cambiaire located?

It stands above the village of Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française, in the Lozère department.

Château de Cambiaire

Cambiaire Castle

Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française

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Where: Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française

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Château de Cambiaire stands in Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française (Lozère), in the Occitanie region of France. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Above the village of Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française, in Lozère, the château de Cambiaire raises its medieval towers over a park of chestnut and cedar trees. Begun in 1366 and built of schist stone mixed with white quartz, the complex pairs a square keep topped with a pepper-pot turret with three round towers set at the corners of a residential wing enclosing a courtyard. Visitors also find a neo-Gothic chapel from 1875 and a reproduction of the Lourdes grotto, remnants of the site's past as a place of pilgrimage.

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What to know

The château was long a private property closed to visitors before being sold in 2011 and turning toward tourism, with gîtes and guest rooms.
The building suffered severe fire damage in 1944 and was later restored almost identically, except for the south turret roofs.
As no opening hours, prices or accessibility details are available, it is best to contact the owners directly before visiting.
The grounds include a park of chestnut and cedar trees, a neo-Gothic chapel and a reproduction of the Lourdes grotto.

Where this château is

Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française · Lozère · Occitanie

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Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française, Lozère

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Is the château de Cambiaire open to visitors?: Long closed as a private residence, it turned to tourism after being sold in 2011, offering gîte and guest-room accommodation.
How old is the château de Cambiaire?: Construction began in 1366, with the keep's lower levels dating from that medieval period and its top floor added in a late 15th-century extension.
Why was the château de Cambiaire burned down?: German troops set it on fire on 8 April 1944 in reprisal, after it had served as headquarters for the Bir-Hakeim maquis.
Where is the château de Cambiaire located?: It stands above the village of Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française, in the Lozère department.