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Le château en bref
Of medieval origin, the Château Cornudet in Crocq (Creuse), at the historic junction of Auvergne and Limousin, belonged to the Cornudet des Chaumettes family for three centuries from 1700; in the 20th century the family donated the 12th-century towers and the Chapel of the Visitation to the commune. Enlarged in the 18th century, the château was restored in the 19th century under the influence of Viollet-le-Duc. It retains a collection of 17th-century gilt leather wall hangings from the Netherlands (one design of which is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York) as well as wallpapers from 1860, set in a park planted with centuries-old trees (sequoias, Atlas cedar). Sold to the Lemaître family in 2012, it has since been run as a bed and breakfast and opened to visitors during the Heritage Days in 2016.