Château de Cuire

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Le château en bref

Château de Cuire is a former fortified house in Caluire-et-Cuire, built on a rocky promontory overlooking the Saône, at 1 montée des Forts. The site belonged to the abbey of Ainay, which held a priory there attested in 1185; the fortified house was built between 1313 and 1324 by the abbot Jean de la Palud. A survey (dénombrement) of 1671 describes three successive enclosures, the second flanked by three round towers, one of which served as a prison, as well as a chapel of Saint-Romain, a garden and an orchard; the chapel burned down in 1715. The lordship passed to the Lange family, then to the Sève family, and then to Simon Claude Boulard de Gatellier, the last lord of Cuire. Around 1830, the building was heavily altered and its towers were progressively levelled; it retains a spiral staircase and a small oratory. In the 20th century, it housed social works: in 1954, the Foyer Notre-Dame des Sans-Abri sheltered single women and families there, and later elderly people. Since 1992, the château has been divided into flats under joint ownership (copropriété), with no documented visits.