Château de Galifard

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Le château en bref

The Château de Galifard, in Villeneuve-sur-Cher (Cher), is a former 14th-century fief, an outpost of the seigneury of Charost. Remodelled in 1564 under the name “castel de Galifard”, it then lost its defensive character. Its remains include a round dovecote, the lower part of the round tower and an enclosure wall about 300 metres long. Having passed through the Bochetel, Guichard, Bouffet, Gassot de la Vienne and Gassot de Champigny families and then the Countess de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, it was acquired by the François family, who set up a nightclub and a fashionable restaurant there in the 1980s. Since 1986, following a candle auction (vente à la chandelle), the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Cher has owned it and has fitted out two reception rooms in the outbuildings.