# Château de l'Ours

Sainte-Thérence, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Château de l'Ours stands in Sainte-Thérence (Allier), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 13th century, 15th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Perched on a rocky spur above the meeting point of the Cher river and the small Ours stream, near Sainte-Thérence, stand the remains of a medieval stronghold whose cylindrical keep, some twenty metres tall, once watched over this crossing point between the Auvergne and Berry regions. The wild, remote setting gave rise over the centuries to a local legend about the origin of its name, involving a woman named Odile and her son raised in hiding. Visitors come here for the ruin itself and its rugged surroundings rather than for a restored building.

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## Where this château is

- 03420 Sainte-Thérence
- +33 4 70 03 85 70
- 46.2607, 2.57328
- Heritage status : Registered historic monument (inscrit)
- Period of construction : 13e siècle, 15e siècle

## Sources

- Wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2971115
- Mérimée record : https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00135202

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