Château de Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne

Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne

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Where: Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne

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Château de Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne stands in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (Savoie), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Above the town of Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, on the Chambarlet hillock, stands a circular tower, the only remnant of a hilltop fortress built in the second half of the 13th century. The site held a strategic position at the crossing of routes leading to Italy, Tarentaise and the Briançonnais. Owned first by the Saint-Michel lordly family and later by the Mareschal family, the building has lost all trace of its original layout. Visitors come today for the view over the Arc valley and for this fragment of medieval fortification, restored following excavations begun in 2012.

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What to know

Only a circular tower remains of the former hilltop fortress, the rest of the site being scattered ruins.
Access is by an uphill walk from the town to the Chambarlet hillock.
The site belongs to the municipality, which carried out preventive excavations in 2012 before starting restoration work in 2014.
No opening hours or admission fees are given in the available sources.
Since the original layout of the castle is unknown, the visit is limited to the tower and its immediate surroundings.