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Le château en bref
The Château de Vabre, 5 km north of Rodez on the road to Marcillac, is a manor house built in the early 18th century, with a main residential block flanked by slightly projecting pavilions, beneath a mansard roof pierced by large dormer windows; the park is enclosed by wrought-iron railings and walls, with a dovecote at the south-west corner. Owned by the de Balsa family in the early 17th century, it passed to the Guirbaldi family in 1704, then to the Tustet family, then to the de Coignac family in the early 19th century, before being sold to Mr Campergue and then to Mme de Séguret-Saincric, who restored it. Bequeathed to the town of Rodez in 1910, it became an orphanage in accordance with the donor's wishes. Leisure facilities were added in 1973, followed by an arboretum and a renovation in 1993. Today the château houses the training centre of Rodez Aveyron Football.