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The Château de Vierzy, in the Aisne, is a former fortified manor farm built at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, probably by Nicolas de Louvain, chamberlain to the king and concierge (keeper) of the Château de Villers-Cotterêts. The ensemble comprised a fortified gate with machicolations, a rectangular main building flanked by an octagonal brick turret, and an arcaded gallery with pointed arches. The seigneury passed in 1523 to Thomas Pascal, then briefly to a bastard of Vendôme, before entering the d'Estrées family in 1525 with Jean d'Estrées. Damaged during the Wars of Religion (1567-1595), the château was never fully rebuilt. It later belonged to the Duke of Noailles from 1749, then to the Princess of Chimay before the Revolution. The fortified gate, the main building with its polygonal turret and the remains of the arcaded gallery have been listed (inscrits) as historic monuments since 1928. Now partly in ruins, the château remains private property and is not open to visitors.