Château jaune

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Le château en bref

The Château jaune (Yellow Château) was a former medieval town mansion (hôtel particulier), rather than a true castle, located at the foot of the castle of the Dukes of Bourbon in Montluçon. Its construction is attributed to Claude Aumaître, a merchant and consul of Montluçon at the end of the 15th century; surviving photographs show a Flamboyant Gothic entrance doorway dating from that period. At the end of the 18th century it served as the residence of the deputy François Maugenest. In 1927 it was acquired by Léonie Duchet (1849–1931), who set up a room there for the collections of the Société des Amis de Montluçon. Sold in 1937 by her heir Henri Cousin de La Tour-Fondue, it became the property of Dr Georges Piquand (1876–1955), a surgeon known for his work on local history, until 1955. The building was demolished in 1963 on the initiative of the mayor, Jean Nègre, as part of an urban renewal project to extend the Avenue Marx-Dormoy; three buildings were razed at the same time. Photographs and architectural elements from the Château jaune have been preserved at the Château de Bien-Assis by the Société des Amis de Montluçon.