Château des Blondes

Blondes Castle

Sassenage

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Sassenage

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

Sleep nearby

Château des Blondes stands in Sassenage (Isère), in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. No visits are on record for this building.

In Sassenage, in the Isère department, the château des Blondes now houses the town hall. Built in the second half of the 18th century, the building owes its unusual name to a workshop where destitute young girls once wove a silk lace called blonde. Only the original façades were kept when the building was renovated, its interior having been entirely transformed.

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What to know

The building serves as the town hall and is not open to visitors as a heritage site.
A freely accessible underground pedestrian passage runs beneath the château, leading to the nearby park and car park.
Several TAG network bus lines stop right in front of the building.
Two pavilions in front of the entrance house the municipal police, among other services.
The exterior, with its four storeys of windows and two rear turret-like wings, can be viewed from the esplanade.