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Le château en bref
The Château du Ry-Chazerat, in Journet (Vienne), is a former family manor house dating from the 15th century, remodelled in the 19th century. It was bequeathed to the engineer Adolphe Godin de Lépinay (1821–1888), who retired there and ran it as the centre of an estate of 1,150 hectares of woodland, parkland, ponds and farmland, where he acclimatised exotic plants. The estate belongs to the Académie des sciences (Institut de France), which is preparing a project for a residency for science writers and an interpretation centre. It is not open to the public on a regular basis.