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Le château en bref
The Château de la Faye, in Villexavier (Charente-Maritime), was built in 1666 for the Guinanson family, before passing in the following century to the Saint-Simon family, including Claude-Anne de Rouvroy, marquis and later duke of Saint-Simon, maréchal de camp and deputy of the nobility to the Estates General of 1789, who emigrated during the Revolution. The original château, built on a U-shaped plan, suffered partial destruction in the 19th century; only the former right wing survives today, comprising a low main dwelling with a mansard roof pierced by tall dormers with volutes and a semicircular pediment, together with a massive pavilion with a four-sided slate roof. It is listed (inscrit) as a historic monument.