Château d'Artias explained

Château d'Artias
Location:	Retournac, France

The Château d'Artias is a 900 year-old French castle in Retournac in the Haute-Loire département of France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.^{[1] [2]} It was strategically built on a rocky spur at an elevation of 723 meters or 2,372 feet, overlooking the meanders of the Loire river. The ruins of the chapel (built in the 12th century) were recognized as historic monuments in 1949.^[3]

See also

• List of castles in France

References

• Retournac town website: Château d'Artias

External links

• Chateau d'Artias

Notes and References

1. Arnaud . Pascal . 2010-12-01 . Le vocabulaire romain de l’affection dans les sphères du public et du privé aux trois premiers siècles de l’ère chrétienne . Noesis . 16 . 27–38 . 10.4000/noesis.1717 . 1275-7691. free .
2. Rioux . Jean-Pierre . Helias . Pierre Jakez . July 1991 . Le queteur de memoire. Quarante ans de recherche sur les mythes et la civilisation bretonne . Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire . 31 . 111 . 10.2307/3768667 . 0294-1759.
3. Baedeker . Karl . 1908 . Southern France, Including Corsica. Handbook for Travellers . Bulletin of the American Geographical Society . 40 . 6 . 368 . 10.2307/198035 . 0190-5929. 2027/hvd.hnnsfw . free .