Château de Sales

The Château de Sales (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) sal]) is a ruined castle in the commune of Thorens-Glières in the alpine Haute-Savoie department of France.

The Château de Sales was the home of the Sales family in Thorens until the beginning of the 17th century, when they built and moved to the Château de Thorens, a few hundred metres away, where they still reside.

The Château de Sales is known to have existed before 1249 and was remodelled in the 15th and 16th centuries.

A cellar was added in which were laid the ashes of his ancestors, until then buried in the church at Thorens (Saint Sébastien chapel).

Opposite the chapel, a cross shows visitors where Francis de Sales was inspired by God to create the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary.