Château de Saint-Hippolyte

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Le château en bref

The Château de Saint-Hippolyte, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, is a fortified residence of medieval origin, first mentioned in the twelfth century and remodelled in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Originally square in plan, it rises above a raised ground floor and retains a cylindrical tower at the north-east corner, as well as remnants of enclosure walls to the north. Its masonry combines river pebbles and brick, with old arrow loops in dressed marble. The west façade, which opens onto an inner courtyard, is adorned with an eighteenth-century doorway preceded by six concentric steps and a twisted wrought-iron balcony. Inside, an entrance hall with a ribbed vault and a plaster chimneypiece dating from the late seventeenth century. Privately owned, it has been partially listed as a monument historique by order of 24 February 1988.