Juis Castle

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Le château en bref

Juis Castle stands at the locality of Juis, about two kilometres south of the village of Savigneux, in the Dombes. This former fortified castle was the seat of the lordship of Juis, whose first recorded lord, Étienne de Juis, is mentioned around 994. The present building, constructed of red brick like many castles in the Dombes, dates from the 14th century. It forms an almost square, quadrangular enclosure, formerly protected by moats, against which residential buildings are built around a small courtyard. A corner tower known as the lanterne, capped with a bell-shaped roof in the manner of a large pepperpot, dominates the whole and can be seen from a great distance. The lordship passed in turn to the families de la Palud, de Groslée, de Balsac, d'Urfé, de Mars, de Champier, Deschamps and de la Font. Since 1984, the façades and roofs, the courtyard well and the surviving section of the curtain wall have been listed as monuments historiques. It is a privately owned property.