Château de Montgeorges

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The Château de Montgeorges is located in the commune of Chavenon, in the Allier department, on a plateau overlooking the Aumance valley. The present building, constructed in the 16th century, replaced an older fortress whose curtain wall was surrounded by substantial moats, now filled in. The façade retains a square tower housing a spiral staircase, whose basket-handle-arched doorway is decorated with a defaced coat of arms and a sundial; a rear tower pierced with an arrow slit has also survived. The seigneury belonged to the Murat family in the 14th century, then to Merlin de Rochedragon, who paid homage for it to the Duke of Bourbon in 1408. At the beginning of the 16th century, it passed to the du Peschin family, then to the Rodillon and Gaulmin families; Gilbert Gaulmin, Count of Montgeorges, died in 1735. The castle chapel has been demolished, and its statue of Saint George was transferred to the church of Chavenon. The castle remains private property and is not open to visitors.