Château de Lévis

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Le château en bref

The Château de Lévis stands in the commune of Lurcy-Lévis, in the Allier department. The seigneury, whose origins go back to the Middle Ages under the name of Poligny, passed through the La Porte family and then the Châteaumorand family; in 1422, Agnès de Châteaumorand brought it by marriage to Brémond de Lévis, whose family gave its name to the estate and kept it for several centuries. The present château was rebuilt around 1655 at the initiative of Roger de Lévis, at the beginning of the reign of Louis XIV. It was acquired in 1752 by Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne, a descendant of the royal architect, and then in 1759 by André de Sinéty, who set up a porcelain manufactory there in 1788. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the estate changed hands several times, notably passing to the Waldner de Freundstein family from 1872. Left without permanent occupants at the end of the 20th century, it suffered serious deterioration before an association was formed in 2021 to undertake its preservation. Listed as a historic monument since 7 March 1945 (façades, roofs, outbuildings, courtyard, avenue, bridge, gate and moats), the château, a private property, can be visited by appointment.