Ruines du château de Pervinquières

English translation

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History

In 1370, the château is acquired by the abbots of Beaulieu. It belongs to them until 1789 when it is reported as ruined. The exterior of the enclosure subsists in its principal lines (dressed stone, Villeveyre sandstone...), protected at the four angles by square towers of which two remain. The fortress also comprised, on the south façade and inside the rampart, a round tower containing a spiral staircase whose trace remains visible. Access was by the pointed arch gate still intact, placed to the north, defended by another square tower occupied at the base by the entrance porch whose pointed arch wings have disappeared but whose wall still bears a fragment of the sharp ribs and the starting bases resting on capitals. A postern opened to the east, protected by the north-east corner tower.