Château de Langlard

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Le château en bref

The Château de Langlard stands in the commune of Mazerier, in the Allier department. Built on a feudal motte, it retains remains of an earlier 13th-century fortress, of which two round towers survive, while the main residential building (corps de logis), flanked by a square tower and a hexagonal tower housing a spiral staircase, dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. Owned by the Montmorin family in the 15th century, it passed by marriage around 1540 to Gilbert de Toucy-Bazerne, following the marriage of Agnès de Montmorin, and was then sold to Antoine Bayard, treasurer-general of finances, whose family kept it until the mid-17th century. The Marquise de Sévigné is said to have stopped there in 1676. During the Revolution, the four towers were razed to the height of the walls under the laws ordering the demolition of feudal symbols. The château, now divided into two private properties, has been listed (inscrit) as a historic monument since 29 March 1929.