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The Château du Chilleau, in Vasles (Deux-Sèvres), long belonged to the lords of Chilleau, a family of ancient nobility who kept the estate until the Revolution. After several changes of ownership, François Delaunay-Lemière acquired it in 1812; the estate then passed to the La Caze family and later, in 1912, to the Audoin family. Built in the 17th century on the foundations of a 14th-century noble house, with a rectangular plan and a façade flanked by two tall pavilions, it was extensively remodelled in 1886 by the Parisian architect Lecœur at the request of Baron La Caze. The estate includes a late 16th-century dovecote, a 19th-century chapel and outbuildings dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is private property and is not open to visitors.