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Château de Roussillon, Roussillon

Château de Roussillon

Roussillon Castle

Roussillon

Access

Opens occasionally

Open on Saturdays during guided tours. Dates and times from Roussillon town hall, +33 4 74 29 01 00.

Source: Office de tourisme Entre Bièvre et Rhône, courriel du 3 septembre 2026

Where
Roussillon

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Château de Roussillon stands in Roussillon (Isère), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: second quarter of the 16th century). The building opens only occasionally, for events.

At the heart of the town of Roussillon, in the Isère department, stands a pleasure château built in the mid-16th century for Cardinal François de Tournon, the only Renaissance-style castle in the area. The building, whose design is attributed to the Italian architect Sebastiano Serlio, combines a former fortified house, a new château resembling a Florentine villa, and a long west wing linked by a covered bridge. Visitors can see the cardinal's apartments on the second floor, along with the openwork newel staircase. It was also within these walls that the Edict of Roussillon was signed in 1564, setting January 1st as the first day of the year.

Written from Château de Roussillon

Where this château is

Roussillon · Isère · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Address

4 Pl. de l'Edit, 38150 Roussillon

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Château phone number

+33 4 74 29 01 18

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Heritage status
Listed historic monument (classé)
Mérimée record PA00117243
Period of construction
second quarter of the 16th century

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Sources

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Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Isère

From the same period — 2e quart 16e siècle

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