A former 12th century fortified castle, the castle of Annecy has been reworked many times, particularly by the Dukes of Savoy in the 15th and 16th centuries. Former residence of the Counts of Geneva and Dukes of Savoy-Nemours, it is the property of the town since the early 1950s.
Classified as an historic monument, it has been completely restored to house today a museum with rich collections. It is possible to discover exhibitions on the fine arts, contemporary arts, archeology, animation, natural history or ethnology.
Castle Annecy is in the form of a large polygonal enclosure with a beautiful walkway. It consists of the Queen's Tower, thirty-eight meters high, the Vieux Logis including its Hall of Columns stone, the tower of St. Peter in the mid-eighteenth century, the tower of Saint Paul de the end of the fourteenth century, the Nemours home with a watchtower, the home Nine of the second half of the seventeenth century, and the tower and home Perrière. A terrace also allows to obtain an impregnable view on the old town of Annecy.
The museum takes place in the Old home and the Nemours home.
