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Origin and history

The castle of Salagine, mentioned as early as 1292 in a parchment, initially came under the authority of Promesse d'Eba(c)le, Viscount d'Aosta. It became the property of Candie's family in 1308, then passed into the hands of the Cussieu until 1368, before being acquired by François de Candie. In the 15th century, it was passed on to the family of Beaufort by marriage, then to the family of Pésieu in 1622, when François de Pésieu was raised as Baron by the Duke of Savoy. The castle played a strategic role in 1630, when Louis XIII directed an assault on Rumilly.

During the French Revolution, the castle was purchased by the citizen Tiollier, who demolished it in 1796 to build a "modern house". Today, only this 18th century building remains, marked by a rigorous symmetry and windows in the middle. The remains of the castle, known by the Sardinian map, describe a fortress surrounded by ditches, with three round towers and a large inner courtyard.

The seigneury of Salagine, now barony, was a family and political issue for centuries. The marriage alliances, such as that of Jeanne de Beaufort with François de Pésieu, or Françoise de Pésieu with Lambert de Rochette, marked his history. The site, initially protected by swamps between Albens and Rumilly, illustrates medieval military architecture before its transformation into a seigneurial residence, then into a bourgeois house.

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