Château de La Motte les Bains

Located at 30 kms in the south of the city of Grenoble and near to the Gorges du Drac, it's the second most important monument of the region after the Vizille castle.
From the Depths of Medieval Time (year 1000) to the French Revolution in 1789, the greatest families of the Dauphinés were living in this manor : the Dauphins, the Aynard, the De Morges and the Venterol.
This old castral clod has crossed ages thanks to this environment and most of all to the hot water souces with whose its story is linked.
Its name changed often through centuries; during Medieval times, it was named "La Motte Castle" , during Renaissance "Castle of La Motte Verdeyère" and during the XIXth century, for final name : "La Motte les Bains castle".