HÔTEL DE VILLE, PARAY-LE-MONAIL _facing_ 156 CHATEAU DE LAMARTINE _facing_ 166 CHATEAU DE NOBLE 169 PALAIS GRANVELLE, BESANÇON _facing_ 192 THE LION OF BELFORT 195 WOMEN OF BRESSE _facing_ 200 CHATEAU DE VOLTAIRE, FERNEY _facing_ 204 TOWER OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE, GRENOBLE 219 CHATEAU D'URIAGE _facing_ 224 CHATEAU DE VIZILLE _facing_ 226 PORTAL OF THE CHATEAU DE CHAMBÉRY _facing_ 230 PORTAL ST. DOMINIQUE, CHAMBÉRY 231 CHATEAU DE CHAMBÉRY _facing_ 232 LES CHARMETTES 235 CHATEAU DE CHIGNIN _facing_ 238 ABBEY OF HAUTECOMBE _facing_ 240 MAISON DES DAUPHINS, TOUR-DE-PIN _facing_ 246 CHATEAU BAYARD _facing_ 248 LA TOUR SANS VENIN 255 CHATEAU D'ANNECY _facing_ 260 CHATEAU DE RIPAILLE _facing_ 272 ÉVIAN _facing_ 276 AIX-LES-BAINS TO ALBERTVILLE (Map) 279 MONTMELIAN 280 CHATEAU DE MIOLANS _facing_ 284 CONFLANS _facing_ 286 SEAL OF THE NATIVE DAUPHINS 290 TOWER OF PHILIPPE DE VALOIS, VIENNE _facing_ 292 CHATEAU DE CRUSSOL _facing_ 298 CHATEAU DE BRIANÇON _facing_ 304 BRIANÇON; ITS CHATEAU AND OLD FORTIFIED BRIDGE 305 CHATEAU QUEYRAS _facing_ 308 CHATEAU DE BEAUVOIR _facing_ 316 CHATEAU DE LA SONE _facing_ 320 [Illustration: Geographical Limits covered _by_ Contents] Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy and the Border Provinces CHAPTER I THE REALM OF THE BURGUNDIANS "_La plus belle Comté, c'est Flandre;_ _La plus belle duché, c'est Bourgogne,_ _Le plus beau royaume, c'est France._" This statement is of undeniable merit, as some of us, who so love _la belle France_--even though we be strangers--well know.