Crest

A peak is arranged in the Drome, Rhone-Alpes district now part of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes area, in the south-east of France at 25 km from Valence, the division capital. General data: Crest is 502 km from Paris.Tourist groupings for Crest incorporate "prescribed detour".Popular spots to visit adjacent incorporate Le Poet-Laval at 21 km and Provencal Drome at 23 km. For more places to visit and nearby traveler attractions.

As you approach Crest, from far away you will see the 'trademark' landmark of the town - the Crest Tower. Dating from the eleventh century, the pinnacle was once part of a château and is the most noteworthy medieval keep as yet remaining in France with a tallness of a little more than 50 meters. Whatever is left of the château was annihilated under the requests of Louis XIII in the seventeenth century.At this time the pinnacle turned into a jail.

At the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, a lot of Protestants was detained in the pinnacle. In the eighteenth century clerics, officers and open workers have bolted away. After the "rebellion of Napoleon III," more than 400 laborers were bolted up. The dividers of the pinnacle take the stand concerning the sadness and enduring of the individuals who were imprisoned here.