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Le château en bref
The Hospitaller priory of Bourganeuf, a priory of the Langue of Auvergne of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem that succeeded the priory of Lureuil, operated from 1530 to 1787, before being transferred to Lyon by Prior Amable de Villelume de Thianges. It retains significant remains: the conventual buildings, now the town hall; a tower built by Jean de Lastic in 1530; the Church of Saint-Jean (12th–15th centuries); and above all the famous Zizim Tower. Originally designed as a prison, this five-storey tower, about 35 metres high and topped with a pepper-pot roof frame, was built between 1484 and 1486 to hold the Ottoman prince Djem (Zizim), younger brother of Sultan Bayezid II, who had taken refuge with Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Order of Rhodes, and had been placed in the custody of Guy de Blanchefort. The prince stayed there from 1486 to 1489, after an earlier stay at the Château de Bois-Lamy (1484–1486). The town's emblematic monument, the tower is open to visitors today.