France · Restored
Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard
The Château de Menthon is a medieval castle on a high rocky promontory above Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, France, occupied by the Menthon family since the 12th century and remodelled across the centuries. The present appearance largely reflects 19th-century restorations that unified the medieval towers with added turrets and a half-timbered gallery; it is a privately owned, visitable monument historique with furnished rooms, a large library and medieval kitchens.
First raised
1000
Its prime
1880
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1880
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a roughly 200 m high limestone rock, the château reads as a compact cluster of grey-beige stone buildings dominated by three large square medieval towers, several smaller cylindrical turrets with conical red-brown roofs, and raised curtain walls. A lower outer wall encloses a courtyard; steep pitched roofs and added decorative turrets puncture the skyline. The side facing the lake has a suite of large windows and a terrace; stone walls show coursed masonry and medieval arrow-slit openings.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1880.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard — including 4 interiors: great hall (grand hall), countess's bedroom, 13th-century kitchens and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1880 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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