Château de Ferrières

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Le château en bref

The Château de Ferrières stands in Ferrières-sur-Sichon, about 25 kilometres south-east of Vichy (Allier). The keep, the only surviving remnant of the 16th-century castle, has an approximately square base flanked by a cylindrical tower containing a spiral staircase. Its ground floor is crossed from east to west by a round-arched vaulted passage, while the three upper floors are lit by mullioned windows. François de La Tour d'Auvergne, paternal grandfather of Marshal Turenne, was born there on 15 January 1526. The building was altered in the 19th century, notably in 1850 by Colonel Louis-Guillaume Le Jeans. The façades and roof of the keep (cadastral reference AP 310) have been listed as historic monuments (inscrits) since 30 April 1982 (Mérimée reference PA00093101). Still privately owned, the Château de Ferrières has no known public visiting information.