Château de Challes

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Le château en bref

Château de Challes, in Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne in the Ain department, has an older north-eastern section dating from the last lords of Challes, who were present until the 16th century; it is said to have been built on a former Roman oppidum. The estate passed through several seigneurial owners: the Challes family in the Middle Ages, the Rhodes family at the end of the 16th century, then Madame de Raousset in the early 18th century, before passing to the Cavillon family. Its towers were demolished during the French Revolution, and the building was restored in the 19th century by Henri de Vallin.