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Le château en bref
Overlooking the Vézère valley at Thonac, in the Dordogne, the Château de Losse originated as a medieval fortress built by the Losse family, surrounded by walls, deep moats and a wall-walk. In 1576, Jean II de Losse, tutor to the future Henri IV, transformed it into a Renaissance pleasure château: the main residence received rich 16th-century interior decoration and remarkable furniture. Abandoned after the Revolution, the estate was acquired in 1930 by the family of the former Emperor of Annam Ham Nghi, exiled in France, who was buried there after his death in 1944; his daughter Nhu May ran it until 1999. Open to visitors since 1980, the château has been classified as a historic monument since 1932, and its gardens, which hold the "Jardin Remarquable" (Remarkable Garden) label, received the 2022 Prix de l'Art du Jardin from the Fondation Signature.