Château de Verchères

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Le château en bref

The Château de Verchères, in Grazac (Haute-Loire), is a fortified residence dating from the 15th–16th centuries, square in plan, with a circular stair tower at the south-west corner and a bartizan on corbels above the entrance; the first-floor room retains a stone fireplace. Documented in 1591, it was sold in 1770 and again in 1821 to the Demoiselles de l'Instruction, who ran a girls' school there until 1929 (the "château des Dames"). It then served as a parish hall and holiday camp until 1962. It now belongs to an association; the façades, roofs and first-floor room are listed.