Bâtie-Beauregard

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Le château en bref

The ruins of the Bâtie-Beauregard stand at the locality known as la Vieille-Bâtie, in the Genevan commune of Collex-Bossy, on the right bank of the Versoix, near the border with the Pays de Gex. First mentioned in 1299, this hilltop castle belonged to the lords of Gex, who made it a stronghold tasked with defending the northern part of their territory; a bridge crossed the river below, making it a checkpoint for passage. The site is also known as Bâtie-Champion or Bâtie-sur-Versoix. It was the centre of a lordship elevated to a barony during the Bernese occupation of the Pays de Gex in the sixteenth century, and the title later passed through several families. Taken by the Genevans in 1589, the castle was stormed and then demolished in early 1590, and it never recovered. A private property, the ruin is not open to the public; it remains one of the few medieval remains of this type in the canton of Geneva.