La Tour d’Avalon - 33 metres high, with an internal diameter of around 8 metres and walls 2 metres thick on the first floor - bears witness to a medieval past.
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It was restored in 1895 by Carthusian monks in honor of Saint-Hugues d'Avalon, who was born here in 1140.
The Tour d'Avalon bears witness to the history of an ancient fortified village and of a family of lords, present in the Haut Grésivaudan since the year 1000: the Wallon and Romestang d'Avalon.
Part of the early 14th-century walls can still be seen in today's restored building, remnants of the Delphine tower erected at that time, when the château became a stronghold, complete with...