Castle Crest

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Castle Crest
The residential tower of Crest Castle

The residential tower of Crest Castle

Creation time : 10th to 14th centuries
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Ruin, donjon
Place: Crest
Geographical location 44 ° 43 '49 "  N , 5 ° 1' 25.1"  E Coordinates: 44 ° 43 '49 "  N , 5 ° 1' 25.1"  E
Crest Castle (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
Castle Crest

The Tour de Crest is the ruins of a hilltop castle above the southern French community Crest in the Drome region . Your received Donjon is 52 meters probably the highest in France and it started in June 1877 as a monument historique under monument protection .

Crest Castle was built in several phases from the 10th century to the second half of the 14th century. From 1419 it was owned by the French crown. Louis XIII let them in 1633 with the exception of the keep still preserved grind . The tower then served as a prison until the middle of the 19th century. In 1988 the municipality of Crest acquired it from the French state.

The tower has a floor area of ​​20 by 32 meters and a height of 52 meters. Portcullets , weir bay windows and loopholes bear witness to the past as a medieval fortification. The tower has 15 rooms that were used for residential purposes in the Middle Ages and as prison cells after 1633. Numerous graffiti originate from this time , including by the Protestants detained here .

The municipality of Crest offers several themed tours to visit the tower. You can rappel 42 meters down on the east wall of the tower.

literature

  • Eugène Arnaud: History et description de la tour de Crest en Dauphiné . Reprint of the 1886 edition. Amis du vieux Crest, Crest 1983.
  • Michèle Bois, Chrystèle Burgard (Ed.): Fortifications et châteaux. The premières positions défensives aux châteaux de plaisance, dans la Drôme . Creaphis, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-913610-43-9 , pp. 79-85.
  • Luc Bucherie, Pascal Ciret: Murmures de la Tour. Graffiti de la tour de Crest . Creaphis, Grâne 1999, ISBN 2-913610-01-3 ( online ).
  • Claude Huot, Jean-Claude Alcamo: La tour de Crest. Evolution architecturale et fonctionnelle . In: Société Française d'Archéologie (ed.): Congrès archéologique de France. 150ème session . No. 150, 1995, pp. 69-90.
  • A. Lacroix: Essai historique sur la tour de Crest . In: Bulletin de la Société d'Archéologie et de de Statistiques de la Drôme . Volume 15. Société d'Archéologie et de Statistiques de la Drôme, Valence 1882, ISSN  0037-8992 , pp. 257-264 ( online ).
  • A. Lacroix: Essai historique sur la tour de Crest . In: Bulletin de la Société d'Archéologie et de de Statistiques de la Drôme . Volume 16. Société d'Archéologie et de Statistiques de la Drôme, Valence 1882, ISSN  0037-8992 , pp. 1-26, 97-119, 257-280, 409-437 ( online ).
  • A. Lacroix: Essai historique sur la tour de Crest . In: Bulletin de la Société d'Archéologie et de de Statistiques de la Drôme . Volume 17. Société d'Archéologie et de Statistiques de la Drôme, Valence 1882, ISSN  0037-8992 , pp. 78-92, 194-211 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Burg Crest  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Information according to M. Bois, C. Burgard: Fortifications et châteaux , p. 80. This is the height above ground level. The donjon of Vincennes Castle , including its underground floors, is 66 meters high.
  2. ^ Burg Crest in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French), accessed on December 9, 2009.