Château de La Motte

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The Château de la Motte is located in the commune of Louchy-Montfand, in the Allier department. The site retains cellars attributed to the 11th century, remains of an earlier Romanesque building that was altered in the 15th century. At the beginning of the 17th century the estate belonged to Jacques de Montbrun, then, in the following century, to Pierre Desrolines, farmer general (fermier général) of the Duchy of Bourbonnais. In 1884, it passed by marriage to the de Pardieu family, who had the present main residence rebuilt in the 19th century while preserving the medieval tower and cellars. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, the château hosted holiday camps organised by the Compagnie des Wagons-Lits. A private property set in a wooded park of several hectares, it is now run as a reception and accommodation venue, offering bed-and-breakfast rooms and holiday cottages (gîtes).