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Le château en bref
The Château de Chanterelle, at Saint-Vincent-de-Salers in the Cantal, has watched over the approach to the Mars valley since the 15th century. In 1470 it passed through marriage to Delphine de Chanterelle, who married Antoine de Sailhans; it was then held in turn by the de Valens family in the 16th century, then by the Tautal and de Scorailles families until the 18th century, followed by Jean Peyrac and his daughter Julie-Marie Destour. Having fallen into decline in the 20th century, it underwent a remarkable restoration between 1962 and 1968 by the German lawyer Hans-Gunther Eggert. Rectangular in plan, it is defended on the north and east sides by bartizans and crowned by a wall-walk carried on corbels; 16th-century renovations modernised some of its features. The castle has been listed (inscrit) as a historic monument since 1946.