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Origin and history

Sougey Castle, also known as Souget Castle, is a Renaissance building erected in 1559 by the Domen family. Located on the town of Arbusigny, in Haute-Savoie, it stands on the plateau des Bornes, south-east of the village, along the road leading to La Chapelle-Rambaud. Its architecture is distinguished by a housing body covered with a high four-paned roof, flanked by two square towers bearing the dates of 1706 and 1801.

The Domen family kept the castle until 1687, when he passed to the Collomb, an anoblated Annecienne family in 1611, by the marriage of Charlotte Domen with François Collomb, lawyer at the Sovereign Senate of Savoy. In 1715, a descendant of the Collomb married the Verboz heiress and adopted the name of Arcine. The castle then became a refuge during the Revolution: Louise-Péronne de Thiollaz, wife of Joseph-Marie Collomb d'Arcine, hid refractory priests in a secret room accessible by a mobile floor.

In the 19th century, the Collomb d'Arcine family was militarily illustrated: Jean François Emmanuel, Commander of the Legion of Honour, participated in the conquest of Algeria in 1830 and was made Count by the King of Sardinia in 1842. His son, Fernand-Jean-Marie, died in 1870 defending Strasbourg. In the 20th century, the castle lost its residential vocation and was converted into a bakery and fruit tree, marking the end of its aristocratic history.

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