Château de Balazuc

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Balazuc overlooks the village of the same name, perched on a rocky spur above the Ardèche river, in the department of the same name. Its oldest part, a rectangular three-storey keep built directly on the rock, dates from the late 11th century. The building was enlarged in the 12th and 13th centuries, then remodelled in the 14th and 15th centuries, notably with the addition of mullioned windows and fireplaces. Owned by the Balazuc family until the 18th century, then by the Comte de Vogüé, it was sold as national property in 1793 to Louis Mollier for 625 livres and remained in that family until the 21st century. The castle served successively as a farm and then as a silkworm nursery (magnanerie) for silk production in the 19th century. Listed as a historic monument by order of 31 May 1927, it was converted into a guesthouse in the early 2000s, before becoming a private residence again from 2020.