Château de Duingt (Duyn, Châteauneuf, Château de l'Esplanade, Château du Roc)

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Le château en bref

Château de Duingt, a millennium-old site overlooking Lake Annecy from a rocky promontory, is mentioned in texts from 1103–1148 onwards. Vassals of the counts of Geneva, the lords of Duin held it until 1296, when it was sold to Count Amadeus II of Geneva. It then passed to the dukes of Savoy and then to a succession of families (d'Antioche, de Savoie, de Luxembourg, de Genevois-Nemours, de Monthoux, de Montpiton, de Sales) until the Revolution. Having become national property in 1796, it was acquired in 1833 by Baron Scipion Ruphy, whose descendants have kept it. Since 2018, the association ‘La Presqu'île de l'imaginaire’ has run a cultural project there centred on the arts and poetry. The château opens for a few days each year between May and October and hosts weddings, corporate events, private hires and an annual festival.