 The Château de Sales was the home of the Sales family in Thorens until the beginning of the 17th century, when they built and moved to the Château de Thorens, a few hundred metres away, where they still reside.The Château de Sales is known to have existed before 1249 and was remodelled in the 15th and 16th centuries.It was destroyed in 1630 on the orders of Louis XIII, during his invasion of Savoy.