Château du Breuil-Goulard

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Le château en bref

The Château du Breuil-Goulard, in Londigny (Charente), 50 km north of Angoulême, was originally called Breuil-Millon and belonged in the 15th century to Pierre de Vasselot, before passing by marriage to the Montalembert family and then, in 1440, to the Goulard family through the marriage of Jeanne de Montalembert to Jacques Goulard. The estate took its current name after Jacques Martel Goulard, a Protestant, emigrated to England following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and had his property confiscated; the château, destroyed by fire, was rebuilt 200 metres from its original site. The present buildings, dating from the 16th and 18th centuries and typical of northern Charente, are arranged on three sides around a square courtyard. A private property, it is not open to visitors.