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Le château en bref
The Château de la Ligerie stands north of the church and cemetery of the village of Fontaine, in the commune of Champagne-et-Fontaine, in the Dordogne. Founded around the late 16th or early 17th century by Élie Faucher, a descendant of the lords of Clauzurou, the present building is a 17th-century manor house that has retained a circular tower, a remnant of an older 15th-century castle. Most of the medieval towers were demolished during the Revolution, before a 20th-century owner had some of them rebuilt. The residence of the Faucher de Versac family for several centuries, la Ligerie then belonged to the de Gaulle family in the early 20th century – the young Charles de Gaulle stayed there – and later served as a refuge for members of the Resistance, including Jacques Chaban-Delmas, during the Second World War. A private property, it has belonged to the de Vilmorin family since 2002.