Manoir de Maunay

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Le château en bref

The site of Maunay, in Saivres (Deux-Sèvres), set in the hollow of the Chambon valley, has been occupied since the Neolithic. In the Romanesque period a priory with a small monastic industry (mills) was established there, built on an islet in marshy ground; a manor house was then built there in the 14th and 15th centuries and lived in until the Revolution, after which the site became a mixed farm until the 1970s. Restored by its current owners, who have preserved its historical layers while making it habitable again, its ground floor has notably served as a music recording studio; today the site operates as an experimental laboratory of vernacular architecture, with close attention to sustainability and respect for the environment.