Saint-Paul Castle

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Saint-Paul Castle, at the locality known as Château-Vieux in Saint-Paul-en-Chablais (Haute-Savoie), was the seat of the Savoyard branch of the de Blonay family. Aymon de Blonay, who inherited the lordship through his mother, built a castle there in the mid-13th century, with the authorisation, according to local historians, of Aymon de Faucigny in 1246. The stronghold, square in plan with sides of about 30 m, was surrounded by a wide moat. Besieged in 1289 and then set on fire in 1476 by Valaisans, it has almost entirely disappeared; a villa now occupies the site.