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Le château en bref
Along the Quincivet road, between Saint-Marcellin and Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, the Château de Quincivet is a late medieval Dauphinois fortified house, first mentioned in 1415. Built of stone and river pebbles, it is flanked by a corner tower and topped with a low-pitched roof of hollow tiles, a feature typical of the Bas-Dauphiné. Inside, a ground-floor hall and an upper hall, each with a monumental fireplace, are linked by a spiral staircase; the moulded mullioned windows rest on molasse jambs. Inherited from the Bressieux family, the estate remained with the La Porte de l'Arthaudière family until the Revolution; a short-lived commune called ‘Quicinet’ even existed from 1789 to 1794. Restored in the 1970s, the house has had its façades, roofs, staircase and the fireplace in the great hall listed as a monument historique since 28 April 1980. It remains a private property.