Château de Nades

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The Château de Nades, also known as the Château du Parc, is located in the commune of Nades, in the Allier department. A first medieval fortified castle, successively owned by the Chauvigny de Blot family and then by the Montmorin and La Fayette families, was abandoned at the end of the 17th century; the estate was then acquired in the 18th century by the financier Isaac Lenoir. From 1853, Charles de Morny, who reassembled the estate through successive acquisitions, had a new château built in the Louis XIII style, with pointed turrets and steep roofs, comprising a large drawing room with a gallery, a theatre, a billiard room, a dining room, a library and numerous bedrooms. A model farm in red brick and white stone, flanked by two so-called “Chinese” towers and including gardens, greenhouses, stables and barns, completed the estate. The château was entirely destroyed by fire in 1877. Now in ruins and in a poor state of preservation, the site, which is private property, can be reached by two paths, from the D 998 departmental road or from the village of Nades.