Château de Chazeuil

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Le château en bref

The Château de Chazeuil stands at Chazeuil, in the commune of Varennes-sur-Allier, in the Allier department, on the heights overlooking the Allier valley. The seigneury originally belonged to the Chazeuil family: in 1257, Aremberge de Chazeuil married Guillaume de La Palice, and in 1439 the estate passed to Guillaume d'Albon. In the 17th century, a Louis XIII-style château replaced the medieval building. At the time of the Revolution, the estate belonged to the Bouquet family, who sold it in 1817 to Claude Devaulx de Chambord; it later passed by marriage to the de Chavagnac family. In the 19th century, the Moulins architect Jean Moreau rebuilt the château in a neo-Louis XIII spirit on the site of the 17th-century building, of which only the kitchens and the north pavilion survive. The château itself is privately owned and not open to visitors, but its estate is now home to a campsite and guest rooms (chambres d'hôtes).