THE APREMONT CASTLE
Château d'Apremont, built on a rocky promontory and featuring a chapel with a single nave.
The lordship of Apremont dates back to the 11th century. The castle, built on a rocky promontory overlooking the valley of La Vie, probably dates from the 13th century. The entrance door, framed by two round towers, can be seen today. The two magnificent present-day towers were part of the Renaissance castle built in the first half of the 16th century by Philippe Chabot de Brion, admiral of France and childhood friend of François I. King Louis XIII stayed here on April 17, 1622 after his victory in Riez over the Protestant troops of Soubises. Important elements to see: the entrance gatehouse with traces of an old drawbridge, the postern, accessing the lower street, the 16th century chapel with a single nave, the 40 m high east tower with its stone lattice windows and its wide promontory with balustrade offering a magnificent panorama, the glacial underground, the cavalier vault, partly dug into the rock, unique in Europe! Inside, exhibitions all summer long, "The castle over the centuries", a permanent exhibition, the Apremont Roll (a plan of the river canalisation project, drawn up in 1542, by Jehan Florentin, a marvel of precision and illustration), a film on Philippe Chabot de Brion; "Dressing in the Renaissance". Off-season programme of activities: "The castle through the ages", "Castle life", in summer, "At the table, during the Renaissance". Every year in July, the Renaissance Festival takes place in the castle grounds.
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