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Le château en bref
The Château de la Salle Guibert, at Tessonnière (Deux-Sèvres), is a manorial lordship dating back to the early fifteenth century; its manor house was also known as the hôtel de la Salle or Maucarrière. In 1493 the fief was held of the Breuil de Geay. It passed to the Martineau family (mid-fifteenth century), then to the Gourbeiller and Guignard families (around 1530), and then to the Guignard de Germond family at the Revolution, before changing hands regularly after 1800. Laid out in an L-shape extended by outbuildings and a square pavilion, it retains a circular tower and a corbelled turret, and was partly rebuilt in the nineteenth century. In excellent condition in 1990, it is said to be in ruins today; being privately owned, it is not open to visitors.