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Le château en bref
Montconon Castle (Montis Cononi) is a fortified manor house standing 2 km south of Alby-sur-Chéran, facing the château de Pierrecharve across a ravine. It was one of the seven castles (together with Châteauvieux, Le Donjon, Montdésir, Montpon, Montvuagnard and Pierrecharve) that defended Alby and controlled passage over the torrent. Lit by very tall, narrow Romanesque windows, and now lacking its defensive enclosure, which has been levelled, it has been renovated and made habitable. Successively held by the families de Montconon, Richard de Vons, Montfalcon, de la Palud, de Montpon, then de La Faverge and de Thiollaz, it was sold in 1900 to Jean Lansard de Marigny, whose descendants still live there.