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Le château en bref
The Château de Galinières, in Pierrefiche, is a former fortified grange overlooking the meanders of the Serre valley. Built up between 1163 and 1181 through donations to the Abbey of Bonneval, it became the most important of the abbey's fifteen granges and was progressively fortified until the 15th century, before being turned into a residence for the abbots. The site preserves a square keep-granary, built as early as 1371, whose second-floor Abbot's chamber is decorated with painted vine shoots, as well as outbuildings (the forest keeper's lodge, a sheepfold with diaphragm arches, and a threshing floor from the early 17th century). Ransacked in 1585 during the Wars of Religion and sold as national property in 1792, the fortified grange is now protected as a historic monument; the keep has been open to visitors since 1992.