Château de Ginals

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Le château en bref

The Château de Ginals, in Villeneuve-d'Aveyron, preserves a medieval keep within a building remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries, adorned with wrought-iron balconies dated 1771 and a coat of arms dated 1701; a domestic chapel stands in the castle courtyard. Held in 1350 by Bernard de Lya, the fief passed successively to the Lavalette family, then to the Malroux family in the 16th century, before returning to Antoine de Moly and then to the Pomairols-Gramond family. The park chapel hosted the first communion of Saint Emilie de Rodat, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family and patron saint of the Rouergue. A private property, the château has been listed as a historic monument since December 1980.