Château de Rivoire

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Rivoire, at Montagnat in the Ain, is said to have had its first stone laid around 1201; its chapel was consecrated by Othon III de Grandson in 1305. Claude de Saix inherited it in 1421 with the authorisation of the Duke of Savoy. The building had two round towers to the west and a square tower to the south-east; its towers were demolished during the Revolution (1794) out of the owner's fear, and the ruins were then restored in the early 19th century. A notarial deed of 1852 names Louis-Marie-Catherin Duport de Rivoire as owner. The château remains private property and is not open to visitors.