Château de Panloup

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The Château de Panloup is a 17th-century château, built during the reign of Louis XIII, located in Yzeure, in the Allier, on the edge of Moulins. The building combines brick and stone: a central main block is framed by two pavilion-roofed pavilions to the north and south, while the east façade presents a rectangular structure flanked by a round tower crowned with a bell turret. A carved stone of the 12th–13th centuries, depicting the Paschal Lamb and surmounting the chapel door, suggests an earlier origin linked to the Templars. The estate belonged in turn to several families, including that of the physician Louis de Launay from 1550, then the lawyer Jacques Bodinat around 1639 and the squire Gilbert Roy in 1722, before being acquired by the town in the 20th century. The château has been listed as a historic monument since 24 January 1947. Today it houses the youth service and the leisure centre of the town of Yzeure, as well as a collection of more than 250 depictions of roosters (the Gallinothèque), and hosts temporary exhibitions. The surrounding park includes a centuries-old plane tree and a cedar of Lebanon, and serves as the starting point of the “Yzeure 2000” hiking trail.