Château de Mauvaisinière

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Le château en bref

Château de Mauvaisinière is a manor house located in the commune of Bizeneuille, in the Allier department, alongside departmental road 157. The building, constructed in the 16th and 17th centuries, consists of two wings set at right angles and a round tower, taller than the main building, on its south façade. An 18th-century gateway with a basket-handle arch opens onto the outbuildings' courtyard. The property belonged to the de Villars family in the 17th and early 18th centuries; Louise Aimée de Villars passed it by marriage to Louis Charles Joseph du Verdier, a cavalry captain, after which the estate passed to the du Verdier and Le Lubois de Marsilly families. Raoul Le Lubois de Marcilly (1843–1928) died there, and his tomb survives nearby. The château then belonged to the Patier family, of Bizeneuille. After years of neglect, a careful restoration was undertaken from 2018 with the support of the Fondation du patrimoine. A private property, it is not open to visitors.