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Le château en bref
The present Château de Cressé, in Bourg-Charente (Charente), was built from 1875 onwards by the architect Eugène Demangeat, at the request of Gabriel Martell, of the family of cognac merchants. In the 18th century the fief was held by Jacques Pierre Salimon before its acquisition by the Martells. The vast residence, which combines brick and stone, features a polygonal pavilion on one side and a turret on the other, with a projecting central pavilion and dormer windows with triangular pediments on the second floor. The château has since been converted into a private retirement home.