Where is the Château de Sales located?

The site lies in the commune of Fillière, in Haute-Savoie, a short distance from the Château de Thorens.

Can the Château de Sales be visited?

No château remains to visit; only a chapel marks the location of the former residence.

Who was born at the Château de Sales?

Francis de Sales, later bishop of Geneva and a doctor of the Church, was born there in 1567.

What can still be seen on site?

A 17th-century chapel with a baroque altarpiece, now the burial place of the Roussy de Sales family.

Château de Sales

Sales Castle

Fillière

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Where: Fillière

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Château de Sales stands in Fillière (Haute-Savoie), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

In the commune of Fillière, in Haute-Savoie, the former château de Sales no longer stands: burned in 1617 and then destroyed in 1630 during the French invasion of Savoy, nothing of its structure remains above ground. Ancestral seat of the Sales family, it was the birthplace in 1567 of Francis de Sales, later bishop of Geneva and a doctor of the Church. A 17th-century chapel, built in 1672 on the spot of his birth room, is now the only mark of the site, and has become the burial place of the Roussy de Sales family.

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What to know

No building of the original château survives; only a chapel now stands on the site.
The site, privately owned by the Roussy de Sales family, has been listed as a historic monument since 1960 and 1990, and classified since 1982.
The chapel contains a 17th-century baroque altarpiece and serves as the family's burial vault.
The nearby Château de Thorens, home to the family's descendants, is the building in the area actually open to visitors, not the Sales site itself.
No opening hours or admission fees are currently documented for this site.

Where this château is

Fillière · Haute-Savoie · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Address

Fillière, Haute-Savoie

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Where is the Château de Sales located?: The site lies in the commune of Fillière, in Haute-Savoie, a short distance from the Château de Thorens.
Can the Château de Sales be visited?: No château remains to visit; only a chapel marks the location of the former residence.
Who was born at the Château de Sales?: Francis de Sales, later bishop of Geneva and a doctor of the Church, was born there in 1567.
Why did the Château de Sales disappear?: It was burned in 1617 and then destroyed in 1630 during the French invasion of Savoy.
What can still be seen on site?: A 17th-century chapel with a baroque altarpiece, now the burial place of the Roussy de Sales family.