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Le château en bref
The Château de Combes, in Saint-Saturnin in the Cantal, belongs to a seigneury that depended on the county of Aubijou and originally belonged to the lords of Peyrelade. Guyon de Gouzel acquired it, then Guyot sold it in 1573 to Pierre de Douhet d'Auzers. The de la Vaissière family held it until 1679, when Jeanne brought it as a dowry to Guy d'Anglards; his son was its lord in 1763 and lived in the castle in 1783. In 1785 Françoise-Catherine d'Anglards married Michel-Henri Ferrand de Fontorte, who became its owner before selling the estate. A characteristic example of a 16th-century rural building, it is served by a staircase housed in a cylindrical tower in the middle of the façade, fronted by a main courtyard (cour d'honneur); a small outbuilding, originally a bakehouse, later became a chapel. The façades and roofs were registered (inscrits) as historic monuments by decree of 16 September 1949. Privately owned, the castle is not open to visitors.