Château de la Fauconnière

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Le château en bref

The Château de la Fauconnière, also called Faulconnière, is located in the commune of Gannat, in the Allier department. The original medieval building had four towers and arrow slits. In 1518, Pierre Filliot, who obtained the elevation of the land into a fief, had a terrace added to the château. The property was then passed down by inheritance: his nephew Philippe Filliot, married to Élisabeth de Favières, inherited it, and then their daughter Marie Filliot de la Fauconnière married Hugues de Fontanges in 1694. Their son, also named Hugues de Fontanges, inherited the estate in 1722 and married Marie-Gasparde de Boissieux in 1738. One of their sons, Viscount François de Fontanges, was governor of the southern part of Saint-Domingue. In the summer of 1940, the château housed the senior leadership training centre of the Vichy General Secretariat for Youth, directed by Captain Pierre Dunoyer de Segonzac, before the centre was transferred to the Château d'Uriage. The Château de la Fauconnière is still a private building today.