Château de La Bâtie-Seyssel

The Château de La Bâtie-Seyssel is a castle in the commune of Barby in the Savoie département of France.

[1] The castle was built at the foot of Mont Pennay, on a rocky outcrop, in a bend of the Leysse river.

With the death of the last of the cadet branch, in 1517, the Château de La Bâtie reverted to the lords of Aix.

[citation needed] The Château de La Bâtie-Seyssel comprises two fortified enceintes, surrounding a residential building.

[citation needed] The Château de la Bâtie, its terrace and the lower floor which became the great hall, the chimney in the guard room and the Gallo-Roman mosaics, were listed on 6 April 1972 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.