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The Poype des Fées (fairy mound) is a reconstructed motte (tower hill castle). Description: The earth for the construction of the poype came from the moat. On the hill there is a tower surrounded by a palisade. A footbridge made it possible to cross the moat to reach the kennel, also surrounded by a moat, which protected the inhabitants and their animals. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poype_des_F%C3%A9es A fascinating place with lots of information in French.

Fortified house dating from the 14th century. Curious beveled shape of the cylindrical tower, topped during the Revolution.

The fairy poype presents a motte with a two-story tower, the double moat, access to the top of the motte via a footbridge, an acacia palisade. This historical reconstruction replaces the poype destroyed not far from there in the 18th century. Free access site. This reconstruction of Buellas is the only one in Bresse that is complete. Others are visible like in Saint Cyr Sur Menthon, but only the mound remains.

The castle built at the end of the 19th century by the Bredin family consists of a central main building with three French windows opening onto a large porch. It is flanked by two bodies of buildings surmounted by two pinnacles. Private property Do not visit

Bouligneux castle is a typical example of fortified houses built in the Dombes and Bugey regions in the 14th century. During the revolution it was almost demolished, but the local municipality saved it and used it as a farm. The fortified tower was a compromise, however, and it was reduced by one storey, hence the displaced shape of the tower's roof.

The "poypes" or "mottes castrales" are often artificial mounds that house a defensive medieval habitat on their top.

The 14th century fortress, remodeled at the beginning of the 17th century and whose towers, feudal symbols, were trimmed during the Revolution is a fine example of a fortified house in Dombes. The castle built by Girard de La Palud remained in the family for four centuries: set on a cliff, four towers and a round keep connected by curtain walls, all in Savoyard squares, characteristic of military or private construction. in Bresse. If it survived the Revolution, it was because the commune then turned it into a grain store.

The ramparts protecting the church and the castle date from the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th century the ramparts had fourteen towers, three gates and were surrounded by ditches, which are now filled in. The castle was dismantled in 1595.