Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré

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Le château en bref

The Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré, in the Creuse, was built in the 16th century for Gabriel Foucault on the site of a 12th-century fortress, then restored in the 17th century with the addition of a brick-and-stone portico. Henry IV stayed there for one night with a retinue of sixty people, and La Grande Mademoiselle, daughter of Gaston d'Orléans, was exiled there by royal order in 1652. Pentagonal in plan, flanked by large round corner towers and surrounded by wide moats with machicolations, the château retains a 16th-century vaulted staircase listed as a historic monument (classé monument historique). Still privately owned, it was put up for sale in 2016.