Château de Rosières

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Le château en bref

The Château de Rosières stands on a rocky spur overlooking the Daronne, about two kilometres from the town of Saint-Félicien in Ardèche. Local tradition suggests an origin dating back to the 12th century, but the first known written mention dates from 1302, with the feudal homage paid by Jean de Châteauneuf. Sold in 1477 to Dragonnet de Burine, the estate then passed to the Rosières family: Pierre de Rosières received a commission from Marshal de Montmorency in 1580, and Christophe de Rosières obtained the elevation of the seigneury into an independent fief with rights of justice between 1628 and 1637. The estate then passed by marriage to the Reboulet family (1654), then to the Lestrange (1717) and Romanet families. The main residential building (corps de logis), with its two north towers, dates mostly from the 15th century, following a reconstruction after the Hundred Years' War; a chapel was added on the east side in the 17th century, and two additional storeys were raised at the end of the 18th century. A semicircular earthwork about 160 m in diameter surrounds the fortified complex. Privately owned, the château now hosts guest stays.