La Mure

La Mure lies on the high plateau of Matheysine in Dauphiné, beneath a rocky hill that once bore its castle. During the Wars of Religion it became a contested stronghold. The Protestant leader Lesdiguières took the town in 1579 and reinforced it with a citadel, but the Duke of Mayenne recaptured it after a siege in 1580 and destroyed the new defences. In 1815 Napoleon passed through La Mure on his return from Elba.