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Origin and history

The castle of La Sage, located in Saint-Lamain in the Jura, has its origins in the first half of the sixteenth century. It was originally rebuilt in 1530 by the Visemal family, notably for Blaise de Visemal, reflecting the Renaissance architecture of the time. This first building marked the prestige of a local noble lineage, probably incorporating defensive and residential elements characteristic of the castles of this period.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the castle experienced a second construction campaign led by Baron Jarry, owner of the site between 1812 and 1819. This phase added a wing dedicated to housing and a south wing housing the commons, thus modernising the whole according to neoclassical cannons. General Jarry, a military figure, printed his mark on the monument, whose dependencies were adapted to the domestic and social needs of the time.

Ranked Historic Monument by decree of 31 December 1997, the castle of La Sage now protects all its buildings, including their interior decorations, as well as the archaeological remains of the old ditches and adjacent washhouse. This site, mixing medieval heritage and post-revolutionary transformations, illustrates the evolution of local elites throughout the centuries, while remaining anchored in the Jura landscape.

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