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Le château en bref
In the heart of a wooded area in Saint-Christophe-sur-Avre, the ruins of the castle recall a fortification inhabited by the noble family de la Rivière from the beginning of the 13th century, although an earlier dating is not certain. The site retains a quadrangular platform surrounded by water-filled moats, a massive circular tower of rubble and flint faced with sandstone, with walls at least one metre thick, as well as underground vaulted structures already recorded in 1752. The lower bailey probably extended towards the south. At the end of the Middle Ages, the enceinte was remodelled for defence, with a bartizan and the thinning of the eastern walls.