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The Château de la Borie, in Saint-Vincent-de-Salers (Cantal), was probably built in the 15th century by Géraud du Fayet de La Borie, squire. The Du Fayet family, established in Saint-Vincent from the 13th century, kept the estate until the 19th century, forming alliances in particular with the de Combes, de Tournemire and de Montclar families; before the Revolution, three brothers of this line were knights of the Order of Saint Louis. The rectangular main building is flanked by a round tower and a square tower at the centre of the north and south façades; the entrance doorway, with double prismatic mouldings and a pointed arch, is surmounted by a tympanum carved with the family arms (crescent and tower). The interior retains 17th-century painted decoration depicting scenes from the Old Testament, the Gospels and the lives of saints, as well as a French-style beamed ceiling (plafond à la française) painted with flowers and foliate scrolls in the ground-floor hall. Listed as a historic monument (inscrit au titre des monuments historiques) on 1 July 1986, the château is private property and is not open to visitors.
