Château de La Clayette

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Le château en bref

The Château de La Clayette, in Saône-et-Loire, is a former fortified manor house built on the edge of a pond. The site is attested in 1307 through the Lespinasse family, and around 1380 a keep flanked by four large round towers was built there. The château combines these medieval elements with buildings remodelled in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries (works in 1871, then in 1903–1906). The main L-shaped body is flanked by a square tower and turrets to the south. On the ground floor, the 15th-century chapel, consecrated in 1448, retains wall paintings of musician angels. The park includes an 18th-century orangery, an isolated tower, gardens and a pond. Bought in 1722 by Bernard de Noblet, the estate became a county in 1736. It is protected as a historic monument (partial classification in 1946, chapel classified in 1950, partial listing in 2002).