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Le château en bref
The Château de Bairols is a former fortified castle of which only remains survive today, overlooking the hilltop village of Bairols in the upper Var valley. A castrum is mentioned at Bairols shortly after 1040, in a deed of donation and later in documents linked to the Abbey of Lérins, to which a Benedictine priory of Saint-Martin, established by 1259, was attached. Around the 14th century, the village and its castle became a fief of the powerful Grimaldi de Beuil family, which then dominated much of the upland country behind Nice. The village suffered hardships during the War of the Spanish Succession and from various passages of troops, as well as prolonged isolation owing to the lack of practicable roads until the 20th century. Only remains of the castle survive today at the top of the village.