Le château de Beaufort est un château fort en ruines complétée d'une habitation situé à Goudet dans la Haute-Loire, en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. En descendant le cours du fleuve Loire, il est le deuxième château rencontré, après celui d'Arlempdes[réf. nécessaire].
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The Château de Beaufort is a ruined castle located along the upper reaches of the river Loire 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.
"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."
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Goudet is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. The village stands on the upper reaches of the river Loire and is overlooked by the Château de Beaufort, built in the 13th century, of importance during the Hundred Years War and the French Wars of Religion but abandoned after the Revolution of 1789.
The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail, a popular long-distance path, runs through the village, as do the GR3 and GR40.
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Saint-Martin-de-Fugères is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
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The Château d'Arlempdes is a ruined castle in Arlempdes, Haute-Loire, France. It originally dates to the 12th century.
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Arlempdes is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France Association.