Village of Meillonnas

Historic site and monument
Historic patrimony
Castle
Keep
Tower
Town / Village
Roman way
Medieval town
Wash house
Historic district

Elevation : 274m

01370 Meillonnas

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Little boy, arms raised in front of a mountain landscape
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At the foot of the hills, along an ancient road that ran alongside the Revermont, the ancient fortified town of Meillonnas still has part of its castle and enclosure. It owes its fame to the earthenware it produced in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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The château was probably built around 1350 by the son of Humbert de Corgenon, bailiff of Bresse. From the 15th to the 18th century, it belonged to the La Chambre-Seyssel, a Savoyard family who sold it in 1740 to Nicolas de Marron, uncle of the founder of the earthenware factories. Since Gallic times, Meillonnas has been associated with the manufacture of ceramics ("In villa Mellionaco"... Mellona = Gallo-Roman estate), as the clays in the area are of excellent quality. At the end of the 16th...