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Château de Rochechinard, Rochechinard

Château de Rochechinard

Rochechinard Castle

Rochechinard

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Château de Rochechinard stands in Rochechinard (Drôme), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 14th century, 15th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Perched at 600 metres on a rocky spur above the valley, Rochechinard castle occupied a fortified site as early as the 12th century, before a building campaign around 1480-1490 led by the Alleman family gave it its present form. Three distinct structures remain: a residential wing facing the Vercors massif, an artillery tower pierced with numerous gunports, and a central tower for close defence. Abandoned from the early 18th century onward, the ruins later drew the attention of romantic painters and poets in the 19th century.

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Where this château is

Rochechinard · Drôme · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Unnamed Road,26190, Rochechinard

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Heritage status
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Mérimée record PA00132813
Period of construction
14th century, 15th century

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The most visited in this department — Drôme

From the same period — 14e siècle