Belmont Castle

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Le château en bref

Belmont Castle is a fortified house from the 13th century (first mentioned in 1293) located in the commune of Belmont, in Isère, about 200 metres east of the village centre. Cube-shaped and topped with a hipped roof in the Dauphiné style, it was remodelled in the 16th and 17th centuries, notably with the addition of an entrance doorway in the 16th century, and has undergone no major alterations since. A room on the upper floor features a French-style ceiling with painted plant motifs. The castle belonged to the Vachon de Belmont family, who provided several magistrates to the Parlement of Dauphiné in the 17th and 18th centuries, including François Vachon de Belmont, a Sulpician and second superior of the Montreal seminary. Listed as a monument historique, it remains a privately owned property closed to the public, and may be viewed exceptionally from the outside on dates set by the owners.