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Le château en bref
The Château de Bois-Lamy, in Moutier-Malcard (Creuse), owes its renown to having housed the Ottoman prince Djem (Zizim), younger brother of Sultan Bayezid II, who had taken refuge with the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem: he stayed there from 1484 to 1486 in the custody of Guy de Blanchefort, before being transferred to the Château de Bourganeuf from 1486 to 1489, while Blanchefort had the Zizim Tower built there. Originally defended by a drawbridge, a quadrangular motte, four towers and a moat fed by a pond, the château today retains only one tower, a private property recently restored (roof redone); the moat survives, but access to the site, in the forest, is difficult.