Abstract
On the Rhone, a rock that remained an islet until the 17th century, when it was connected to the shore. Its specific position made it a fruitful tollbooth site -in the hands of the Counts of Toulouse from the middle of the 11th century to 1209, then the Kings of France from 1229. The rock looms over the toll collectors’ houses and was crowned by an ostentatious building that was added to and re-worked up to the 15th century. A small Count’s castrum, with a square tower, and then a Royal fortress, ringed with round towers, the buildings of the castle took on the air of a palace at the end of the 14th century. Damaged in 1590, the fortress - abandoned then sold off as National Property - was completely demolished and the rock was used as a stone quarry from 1795 to 1850. A square tower maintained on the site and text and iconographic documents from various archives and collections made it possible to partially reconstitute this forgotten1 Royal castle.
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