CHATEAU DE MORTHEMER

From a distance, as soon as you arrive, you will see this imposing building rising above Morthemer. The castle dates from the 10th century, the keep would have been built in the 14th century. There are two parts: the massive keep with its four corner towers and the small castle at its feet next to the church of Notre-Dame. The whole was then restored around 1865 by Emile Boeswillwald, collaborator of Viollet-le-Duc, at the request of the baron de Soubeyran. In particular, he gave the keep its defensive aspect by arranging the covered way at its top and by taking over the windows.