Château d'Uriage
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| Château d'Uriage | |
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 Château d'Uriage in 2012 | |
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The Château d'Uriage is an historic castle in Saint-Martin-d'Uriage, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France.
History
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The castle was built at the end of the 10th century, then transformed during the 15th and 16th centuries.[1]
From summer 1940 to December 1942, the château was home to the Ecole Nationale des Cadres de la Jeunesse, a training school for the French elite inspired by the Revolution nationale heralded by Marshal Philippe Pétain.[2]
In the late 1980s, it was transformed into a co-ownership of 50 flats, making it a private property. Following a vote from the co-owners, the castle grounds are open to the public one or two days a year, on the European Heritage Days.
Architectural significance
[edit]It has been listed as an official monument since 1990.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Base Mérimée: Château d'Uriage, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Houlding, Elizabeth A. (December 1995). "Reviewed Work: The Knight-Monks of Vichy France: Uriage, 1940-1945 by John Hellman". The French Review. 69 (2): 350–351. JSTOR 397948.
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