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Le château en bref
The Château de Feusse, in Saint-Just-Luzac (Charente-Maritime), occupies a fief originally called Chardes, which became Feusse in 1745. Acquired around 1600 by the Protestant merchant Jean Jousselin, who had the main dwelling rebuilt and raised, it passed in 1688 to Marie Jousselin and Jean Bernon; the latter, having abjured his Protestant faith following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, extended the building to the north, had a monumental gateway erected and terraces and gardens laid out, and also had a small chapel built, blessed with episcopal authorisation. The estate passed in 1712 to Esther Gabiou, wife of Étienne Chassériau, then in 1791 to the Protestant merchant Pierre Garesché, before falling in 1816 to Gabriel Bergerat. The entrance gateway, the courtyard façades, the roofs, the entrance hall and the painted panelling of the salon are classified (classé) as historic monuments, while the chapel is listed (inscrite). Today, the estate offers five holiday cottages (gîtes) of 39 to 64 m² in its outbuildings and more than five hectares of grounds (gardens, woods, two swimming pools and terraces), and positions itself as a venue for corporate seminars, training sessions and private celebrations (weddings, birthdays).