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Le château en bref
Calberte Castle, also known as Château Saint-Pierre, stands on a rocky spur about 410 metres above sea level overlooking the Gardon, in Saint-Germain-de-Calberte, Lozère. The castrum is first mentioned in 1092 and grew in importance during the 12th century. Held by the lords of Anduze, it was confiscated around 1229 after the Albigensian Crusade, then brought under the Crown by a paréage in 1307. The site was abandoned at the end of the 14th or the beginning of the 15th century. The complex comprises a large square keep from the 12th century, about 11 metres high, adjoining a rectangular residential building which received battlements and a bretèche in the 14th century, as well as a round tower, a castle chapel and outbuildings. Two concentric enclosures surrounded the castle and a medieval village of some fifteen houses, now deserted. The Darnas family acquired the site in 1964 and restored it over nearly forty years, carrying out archaeological excavations. No protection under the monuments historiques designation has been identified. The castle is visible from the road to Saint-André-de-Lancize.