France · 10th century
The Château d'Uriage is an historic castle in Saint-Martin-d'Uriage, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.
The castle was built at the end of the 10th century, then transformed during the 15th and 16th centuries.
From summer 1940 to December 1942, the château was home to the Ecole Nationale des Cadres de la Jeunesse, a training school for the French elite inspired by the Revolution nationale heralded by Marshal Philippe Pétain.
In the late 1980s, it was transformed into a co-ownership of 50 flats, making it a private property. Following a vote from the co-owners, the castle grounds are open to the public one or two days a year, on the European Heritage Days.
It has been listed as an official monument since 1990.
Text adapted from “Château d'Uriage” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Château d'Uriage ranks #6,615 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #597 of the 793 mapped in France. Founded c. 975, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 193 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Annecy, 87 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
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