Château de Toudon

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Le château en bref

The Château de Toudon, now in ruins, once overlooked the village of Toudon in the Estéron valley (Alpes-Maritimes) and was known in the Middle Ages as the castrum de Todon. In 1382, during the succession conflict of Queen Joanna, the fief passed to the Grimaldi of Beuil. A ducal garrison was stationed there in 1614. In 1621, following the execution of Annibal Grimaldi de Beuil in the context of the Beuil affair, the castle was destroyed on the orders of the Duke of Savoy, between 14 and 15 September. The lordship then passed to the Galléan family for about a century, then to the lords of Roubion from 1752 until the Revolution; Pierre Louis Stanislas de Roubion was its last lord. The ruins were further damaged by the earthquake of 23 February 1887. Stones from the building were reused for the restoration of the village church of Sainte-Élisabeth, whose door is said to have come from the former castle. The site now corresponds to the location of the municipal cemetery, where a few sections of wall from the medieval fortification survive.