Château de Peille

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Le château en bref

The Château de Peille, also known as the Palais Lascaris, overlooks the hilltop village of Peille (Alpes-Maritimes) from the edge of a cliff, on the supposed site of a former medieval keep. Its construction was begun from 1690 by Jean-Paul Lascaris-Vintimille, who had become Count of Peille in 1651 when the seigneury was raised to a county. The Lascaris family retained this title until the French Revolution; the last count, Jean-Paul-Augustin Lascaris, died in Ventimiglia. The village itself was entirely fortified from the end of the 12th century with square, round and semicircular towers pierced with arrow slits and equipped with machicolations. A lookout post overlooking the castle rock, called Canta Dugo, was still visible in 1923. The building, now owned by the commune, houses the village media library as well as several reception rooms; it can be visited on request.