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Le château en bref
The Château de Lanas stands in the commune of Lanas, in Ardèche, at the heart of the medieval village, whose original layout has been largely preserved. Two castles, whose initial core is thought to date back to the 12th century, existed at Lanas, which formed a co-seigneury grouped around several towers from the 13th century onwards. The seigneury belonged to the lords of Chazeaux from 1247 to 1423, before the Vogüé and Balazuc families exercised rights of vassalage there. Today only two towers survive, known locally as "le château"; built of local grey limestone, they display rusticated (bossage) stonework at their base, evidence of high-quality southern Romanesque craftsmanship. No complete fortification has been preserved.