Château du Déaux

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Le château en bref

The Château du Déaux, in the commune of Mogneneins on the Saône plain (Ain), dates back to the 14th century: in 1362, Hugues (or Hugonin) Prévost de Montmerle acquired land from the Prince of Beaujeu. It passed in the 15th century to the Beaudet family and then to the knight Jean de Miolans, and subsequently belonged to Charles d'Oncieux, canon of Lyon, mentioned in 1662, and then to the de Gadagne, Dareste, Michel, Bourbon and Rigaud de Terrebasse families. In 1726, Jean-Baptiste Michel obtained letters patent granting him justice over the parish. The château retains a square brick tower from the 14th–15th centuries, to which is attached a large 16th-century main building with moulded stone window surrounds; its façade features a stone cornice and a wrought-iron door in the Louis XV style. Privately owned by the de la Forest-Divonne family, it is not open to visitors but can be seen from the outside.