History
During the wars of religion , the city is attacked by Protestants in 1574 .
Loup Valley is steeped in history as it was traversed by the main Roman road linking VENCE to CASTELLANE through Gréolières.
For what is known about the history of the castle, it seems somewhat agitated.
According to some historians, its foundations date from the fifth century and was for many centuries the property of the powerful family of Villeneuve-Vence and experienced its first serious setback in 1592 when the troops of the Duke of Savoy sent 200 cannonballs that partially destroyed . The castle was restored in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1838, the family Vence sold the castle to a villager, Jacques Flory for the sum of 17,000 francs in gold.
During the wars of religion , the city is attacked by Protestants in 1574 .
Loup Valley is steeped in history as it was traversed by the main Roman road linking VENCE to CASTELLANE through Gréolières.
For what is known about the history of the castle, it seems somewhat agitated.
According to some historians, its foundations date from the fifth century and was for many centuries the property of the powerful family of Villeneuve-Vence and experienced its first serious setback in 1592 when the troops of the Duke of Savoy sent 200 cannonballs that partially destroyed . The castle was restored in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1838, the family Vence sold the castle to a villager, Jacques Flory for the sum of 17,000 francs in gold.
