Château de Chomérac

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Le château en bref

The Château de Chomérac stands on a rocky spur overlooking the village of Chomérac, in the Ardèche, around which the fortified settlement developed in the Middle Ages. The castle was built in 1213 by Aymard (Aymar II) de Poitiers, Count of Valentinois, whose family had already held rights over the seigneury since 1187. In the 14th century, the castle passed to Bermond d'Anduze, lord of La Voulte. Between 1205 and 1209, agreements were concluded between the abbot of Cruas and the Count of Valentinois to settle their respective rights over the site, where there were also a church and a priory of Saint-Eustache dependent on the abbey of Cruas. During the Wars of Religion, the castle changed hands several times before being taken by Catholic troops in 1628, after a long siege. What survives today is the quadrangular keep, built of well-dressed limestone rubble, entered at first-floor level and containing a windowless lower chamber (basse-fosse). The fortified complex originally comprised a tight curtain wall flanked by round towers, a chapel and a cistern. The well-preserved keep is now privately owned and is not open to visitors.