Château de Montjoie (Les Contamines-Montjoie)
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The Château de Montjoie (castrum Montis Gaudii), also known as the Château de Béatrice, was a 12th-century fortress located in the Faucigny region. It stood in the center of the present-day commune of Les Contamines-Montjoie in the Haute-Savoie department of the Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes region. Between the 13th and 15th centuries, it served as the administrative center of a châtellenie.
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