Château de Clairvaux-les-Lacs

En un regard

Le château en bref

The tower of the former Château de Clairvaux occupied the northern tip of a fortified plateau in the twelfth century, held by the lords of Cuiseaux, at the crossroads of the roads leading to Salins, Lons-le-Saunier and Geneva. The castle originally comprised two large circular towers of five storeys, crenellated curtain walls and drawbridges, as well as outbuildings, stables, a garden, a fountain and a dovecote. Partly destroyed during the sackings of 1637 and by a fire, only a tall round tower of three storeys survives today, pierced by three windows with pilasters and triangular pediments, and topped with a pepper-pot roof.