Château de Fouranges

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Fouranges stands at the southern tip of the commune of Broût-Vernet (Allier), overlooking the Andelot valley, on the road linking Saint-Pont to Le Mayet-d'École. The present building appears to date from the 18th century and succeeded an earlier 16th-century construction, a château or noble house, which is shown on the Cassini map. Built of stone and rendered rubble, it comprises a basement, a full storey and an attic storey, under roofs of flat tiles and machine-made tiles. At the end of the 16th century and in the 17th century the estate of Fouranges belonged to the Chamalet family: in 1634, Gabrielle Chamalet owned it, having inherited it from her father Antoine Chamalet. It then passed by marriage to Pierre de Coustaud, lord of Fontviolant in Saint-Germain-de-Salles. Still privately owned, the Château de Fouranges is not open to visitors and has no known protection as a historic monument.