Fortress of Miolans
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Photo by Otourly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Otourly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Otourly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Otourly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Otourly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Background
The Fortress of Miolans (French: Château de Miolans) is a former fortress prison located in a remote area of Savoy in France. The site, which has been occupied since the fourth century AD, strategically controlled the route across the junction of the Isere and Arc rivers. The fortress was converted into a prison by the Counts of Savoy in the mid-16th century. Its notoriety led it to be compared to the Bastille in Paris.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1083
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1083
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.