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Le château en bref
The Château de Souvolle, in Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois (Creuse), belonged to the de la Celle family from the 14th century, Raoulin de la Celle being attested as early as 1325. The estate remained in this family until 1708, when the marriage of Anne de la Celle to Charles du Breuilh gave rise to the title of “seigneur du Breuil de Souvolle”. The estate became national property (bien national) during the Revolution. The present rectangular main building (corps de logis), dating from the 16th–17th centuries, features quoins and surrounds in dressed stone as well as a studded door with a lintel bearing the coat of arms of the Breuil de Souvolle. A 1626 feudal survey (dénombrement) mentioned a square tower and three round towers, one of them a dovecote, which disappeared in the 19th century. Weakened and downgraded in the 20th century, the building today looks more like a manor house than a medieval fortress.