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Le château en bref
The Château de Fontanges stands in Onet-le-Château, below Rodez, on the road to the Marcillac valley. The seigneury belonged from 1280 to the powerful Balaguier family, before the castle was entirely rebuilt at the end of the 16th century, between 1590 and 1597. The building is arranged around a walled terraced courtyard; the central tower retains gunports, and the southern main residential wing (corps de logis), served by a double-flight staircase, opens onto a gallery housing former hydraulic systems intended for the gardens. The upper floors retain trompe-l'œil paintings and ceilings with decorated beams. Sold as national property (bien national) in 1791 and altered in the 19th century, the château was converted into a hotel in the late 1970s and today operates as a hotel-restaurant hosting, among other events, weddings and seminars.