Pipet Castle

En un regard

Le château en bref

Pipet Castle stood on the summit of Mont Pipet, at an elevation of about 277 metres, above the town of Vienne in Isère. This hilltop fortress, attributed to the period of the kings of Burgundy, was handed over to the Church of Vienne in 1023. Sources describe a square-plan keep surrounded by enclosures and defensive works, now largely destroyed. At the end of the thirteenth century, deeds settled the guarding of the castle, which the canons of the cathedral held in 1285; in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, its possession fuelled jurisdictional disputes between the chapter, the archbishop and the Dauphinois authorities. On 26 January 1633, as part of the policy of dismantling fortified places pursued under Richelieu, its demolition was ordered. Only remains survive, which should not be confused with the religious and landscaping features created later on Mont Pipet.