A castle for the joy of living ... A new castle was built on the banks of the Rhone from 1630 to 1650, probably by Abel The Poype. "It bears the mark of a good time when we knew the nobility of harmonizing buildings with majestic beauty of nature" - A. Chagny.
This is a large building with a tower at each corner, large windows and two domes century lantern in proper proportions. A terrace was added later to protect against river floods. It was undertaken by the family Bathéon who had bought the castle in 1720. Could now keep the cellars, without danger, the wines of Saint-Sorlin and Vertrieu we stored there for a long time.
At the time of the Revolution, the people knew Vertrieu protect the building and its site that were their pride. Raverat tells how the Lord of Vertrieu stopped the momentum of "bandits" of the Great Fear, by attacking them unexpectedly in the woods, at a crossroads where stands a cross reminiscent this episode. Some twenty years later, in 1812, Napoleon's favorite sister, Pauline Borghese, who went to the waters at Aix, there was a short stay, time to heal a sore throat. She was seduced by the site, by the pretty little church and by the kindness of his hostess, to whom she would give jewelry as a token of gratitude. Bathéon of the castle then passed to the Roullière.
