page_title: Fortress of Miolans
section_title: Escape of the Marquis De Sade
hierarchical_section_title: Fortress of Miolans / Escape of the Marquis De Sade
caption_attribution_description: Miolans. Veue du chateau de Miolans en Savoye á deux Lieües au Nord-Est de Montmelian
context_page_description: The Fortress of 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.
context_section_description: On 30 April 1772, the Marquis de Sade staged an escaped with two companions; his valet Latour, and François-Marie's Alée, Baron Songy. The Marquis had requested that he and his companions be allowed to dine in a room within the main dining area, adjacent to a room containing unbarred windows. The three of them subsequently made their escape through the unbarred windows while the guards were having their own dinners.
  The Marquis instructed Latour to leave a candle burning in his room, along with a note on the table to the guards. Much later, a guard and the prison commandant discovered the note in the empty room. It said the Marquis praised the decency with which he had been treated and expressed his hope that the guards would not be held accountable for his escape. However, by the time several hours had passed so it was too late to gather a search party.
caption: The Fortress of Miolans in 1691
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