Château de Richemont

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Le château en bref

The Château de Richemont, at Villette-sur-Ain in the Ain, was built in the late 13th century by Pierre de La Palud, a vassal of the Dauphin of Viennois. It features a high quadrangular enclosure flanked by cylindrical towers at the corners. Destroyed in 1595 by the troops of Henri IV and reduced to ruins by 1603, it was restored in the 17th century by Madame de Belvey, then extensively modernised in the 19th century. It was the birthplace of Louis-Gabriel Michaud (died 1858, member of the Institut) and the childhood home of his brother Joseph Michaud, author of historical works.