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Le château en bref
The Château de Buzay, in La Jarne in Charente-Maritime, was built between 1771 and 1776 in the Louis XVI style by the architect Nicolas Ducret, who also contributed to the plans of La Rochelle Cathedral, for Pierre-Étienne Harouard du Beignon, lieutenant of the Admiralty. The estate had previously belonged to the Barbot family, was then acquired in 1687 by Pierre Harouard, a La Rochelle shipowner, and passed to his son Étienne-Henri Harouard du Beignon, shipowner and slave trader, before returning to Pierre-Étienne. Brought as a dowry through marriage to Étienne Pierre Chérade, Count of Montbron, the château has remained in the Chérade de Montbron family ever since. The main building, with one upper floor, is adorned with a pavilion with a triangular pediment supported by four Ionic columns, and with tall small-paned windows decorated with carved garlands. The park, whose boxwood embroidery parterres were recreated in 1920 on the model of the Château de Villandry, includes a 750-metre-long avenue of pines, following principles inspired by the treatise of Dézallier d'Argenville. The château, the chapel, the outbuildings and the park are classified as historic monuments. The estate is open to the public from 1 July to 31 August, from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.