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Château de Faverges
At Faverges-Seythenex, at the foot of the Dent de Cons and the Sambuy massif, the tower of the lords of Faverges is the main remnant of a castle that enters history in 1112. Its strategic position made it a stake in the rivalry between the houses of Savoy and Geneva. In 1316, Count Amadeus V of Savoy bought the lordship from Rodolphe de Faverges and had the fortress rebuilt.
The lordship then passed among several noble families: Louis Milliet bought it in 1569, and his younger branch, the Milliet de Faverges, kept it until the Revolution. In the nineteenth century, Jean-Pierre Duport settled there in 1810 and set up silk workshops that operated until 1914. During the First World War, the site served as a military hospital.
Acquired by the commune in 1980 and listed as a historic monument in 1991, the tower has been restored. You climb 145 steps to the panoramic gallery, while the route retraces the history of the place and its owners.
