Environs de Privas. Château historique d'Entrevaux

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The castle, built in the XIII century, was sacked in the XV century. In the period of religious wars, he played a significant role: during the siege of Privas, in May 1629, the castle housed the Richelieu. After passing the Priva Richelieu ordered the destruction of the castle. Fortunately, there were beheading the four bashen.Zamok in terms of a rectangular 44 x 22 m, with a meter of volcanic stone walls. The diameter of the round towers of 5.5 m. The construction, presumably, refers to X !! in. (Thickness of the walls, the entrance gate on the south side, 8-meter-wide moat), but historians could not find the archival documents. irrefutably confirm the beginning of the XVI century, this fakt.V. Castle entrevaux, like many others, was transformed into the then fashionable Italian stile.Chastnoe possession, closed lock posescheniya.Sovremenny form