Description
Originally a true feudal fortress, Peyruis Castle was primarily built for defense, as evidenced by the imposing remains of its enclosure at the village summit; it features beautiful stonework dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries.
On the right bank of the Durance river, Peyruis is located at the foot of wooded hills. The village is dominated by traces of a feudal castle, real fortress which is still testified by the large ruins of the surrounding wall. From the castle, destroyed during the French revolution, remain the leveled foundations a vault « in the middle » and the separation wall which seems to date from XVIth or XVIIth century. The massive ancient dunjun, is still here almost fully, transformed in a pigeonhole.
