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Origin and history

The fortified house of Cummugnin, built in the 14th century, was the seat of a medieval seigneury originally dependent on Savoy's house. Located 1.3 km south-east of the town of Yenne, in the hamlet of Communignin, it was inferoid in 1348 by Count Amédée VI de Savoie to Georges du Solier, after belonging to Jean de Savoie, archbishop of Lyon. This monument embodies the feudal dynamics of the region, marked by successive alliances and transmissions between noble families.

Over the centuries, the strong house changed hands several times. From 1359 she passed to Pierre de La Mar, then to her descendants, including Jean de La Mar, who wrote her will there in 1438 in favour of the poor of Yenne and the Abbey of Hautecombe. In 1503 the widow of Stephen de La Mar sold land there, illustrating her local economic role. In the 17th century, Sébastien de La Mar, captain of the Allinges, abandoned the site, marking its residential decline.

The French Revolution sealed the fate of the strong house: confiscated as national property after the emigration of Claude de Hauteville, the last seigneur, it was sold and became private property. In the 20th century, it belonged to Madame Perrier, widow of Senator Antoine Perrier. Today, its remains bear witness to the social and political transformations of Savoy, from medieval Counts to revolutionary upheavals.

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