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Le château en bref
The Château de la Mothe, in Mérinchal (Creuse), was built in the 12th century by the lords of Mérinchal; originally fortified and surrounded by moats, it received a pentagonal corner tower with a spiral staircase in the 15th century. The coat of arms carved on the building belongs to the Le Loup family, former local landowners. In the 1960s and 1970s, the castle housed a home economics school and then a nursery school. Built on an L-shaped plan with two wings linked by a spiral staircase tower, and an additional corner tower on the south-west façade, it is surrounded by a small wooded park of about 450 m². The castle now houses the town hall of Mérinchal, an exhibition room in summer and gîtes (holiday rentals) on the upper floors, as well as a camping area with twelve pitches with electrical hook-ups, facing the Chaîne des Puys, close to Vulcania, Aubusson and Lake Vassivière.