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Le château en bref
The Château de Maumont, in Magnac-sur-Touvre, was built in the 16th century to replace an earlier building, of which the chapel tower with its pepperpot roof survives. Owned in the 15th century by the Saint-Gelais family and in the 16th century by the des Ages family, it passed in 1603 to the House of La Rochefoucauld through the marriage of Bertrande des Ages to François de La Rochefoucauld, founding the La Rochefoucauld-Maumont branch, which in the 18th century produced two bishops martyred during the Revolution and beatified in 1926. Sold in 1773 to Pierre Varin, lieutenant of the Count of Artois, the estate changed hands several times in the 19th century, one of its owners converting the former lordly mills into a paper mill in 1834. Renaissance in style, the château has a richly decorated round-arched portal surmounted by a coat of arms. Today it is run as a bed-and-breakfast and reception venue under the name "Les Logis de la Touvre", offering five bedrooms, a 150 m² reception hall and a swimming pool, and hosting weddings and seminars on the banks of the Touvre.
