Château de Saint-Laurent-sous-Coiron

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Saint-Laurent-sous-Coiron occupies a small east–west basalt plateau in the commune of the same name in the Ardèche. The castrum is mentioned as early as 1164 in a bull of Pope Alexander III confirming the rights of the Church of Le Puy, and then several times during the 12th and 13th centuries, notably on the occasion of homages paid by the lords of Montlaur to the Count of Toulouse, the King of France and the Bishop of Le Puy. The quadrangular building visible today in ruins, built of basalt rubble stone, dates from the late 12th century or, more likely, the 13th century. Privately owned, the site can only be viewed from the outside.