Pierre-Châtel Charterhouse

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Le château en bref

The Pierre-Châtel Charterhouse is a former fortress that became a fortified monastery, mentioned in the 14th century, whose remains stand in the commune of Virignin in the Ain department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It succeeded an earlier 13th-century castle of the Counts of Savoy, and the site was refortified in the 19th century after the departure of the Carthusians. All the Carthusian buildings, enclosure and retaining walls, towers, entrance gates, courtyards, former gardens and terraces of the former charterhouse, including the remains of the comital castle and the elements of the 19th-century fortifications located at the place known as “Fort-de-Pierre-Châtel”, were listed (classé) as historic monuments by decree of 1 February 1996, replaced by a broader listing on 9 March 2015.