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The Château de Beaufort is a ruined castle located along the upper reaches of the Loire River in France. It is near the village of Goudet in the département of Haute-Loire, in the Auvergne region. It was built in the 13th century and modified in the 15th and 16th centuries. Perched on a rocky headland overhanging the granitic rocks of the Margeride, the fortress is today a ruined shell.
Robert Louis Stevenson stopped here on his trip documented in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879). In this pleasant humour I came down the hill to where Goudet stands in a green end of a valley, with Château Beaufort opposite upon a rocky steep, and the stream, as clear as crystal, lying in a deep pool between them.
Built for surveillance and domination of the Loire valley, the castle provides an interesting example of how a 13th century feudal castle could be adapted to the evolution of military construction, notable with the development of artillery. During the Hundred Years’ War and the Wars of Religion it was of historical importance but after the French Revolution it fell victim to a gradual abandonment which reduced it to the state of ruin. The site includes an enceinte, partly rebuilt in the 15th century, which surrounded the fortress half way up the hill.

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