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Le château en bref
The Château du Plaix is located in the commune of Meaulne-Vitray, in the Allier department. It should not be confused with the other homonymous châteaux du Plaix, located at Chamblet and Fleuriel (Allier) or at Saint-Hilaire-en-Lignières (Cher). The original building was destroyed by fire in 1614, then rebuilt in the 17th century by the Luylier family, who owned other properties in the region: a lintel bears the date 1660, and other elements are dated 1639 and 1667. The château consists of a central main residence extended by a return wing of outbuildings and a small building to the east, around a courtyard closed by a wall and a gateway. To the north-east lie a garden, a former chapel and a neo-Gothic chapel built in 1880 (single nave, polygonal apse, bell tower), as well as a wash-house. Former moats survive on the garden side. Inside, the great salon retains a 17th-century decor, with a polychrome marble fireplace with columns, as well as a wooden stair banister of the same period. The entrance gateway, the chapel, the cistern, the basin and the wash-house were listed as historic monuments by order of 20 December 1985. The château remains private property.
