Château de La Roche (Saint-Priest-la-Roche)

The Château de La Roche is a restored castle situated in the commune of Saint-Priest-la-Roche in the Loire département of France, 20 km from Roanne.

It was built on a rocky platform overlooking the Loire river from a height of 30 metres.

At the end of the 1900s, an industrialist from Roanne bought the castle and restored it in the Gothic style, intending it as a second home.

During the 1930s, the construction project for the Villerest dam by EDF condemned the château to disappear below the water.

In 1996, it was entirely restored and the side facing the water was remodelled to permit access throughout the year.