Château de Touët-sur-Var

En un regard

Le château en bref

The ruins of the Château de Touët-sur-Var overlook the hilltop village in the Alpes-Maritimes, built on the side of a cliff along the Var river. In the 13th century, the population gathered around a small castle jointly owned by the Count of Provence and the Count of Beuil. In the early 14th century, the barony of Beuil passed into the hands of the Grimaldi family; in 1388, Jean and Louis Grimaldi submitted to the arbitration of the Count of Savoy. The Grimaldi possession of the castle ended in 1621, when Annibal Grimaldi, Count of Beuil, was executed by the Duke of Savoy. The village was then successively enfeoffed to various lords, the last of whom were the Counts Claretti. Today only ruins of the castle remain, visible from an orientation table set up on the site by the municipality.