Château de Montboissier

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Le château en bref

At Montboissier, between Chartres and Châteaudun, only traces remain of a large eighteenth-century pleasure château. The estate, formerly known as Le Houssay, belonged in the sixteenth century to Claude Mallier, who had the chapel built there, which became the church of Saint-Claude. In 1772, Charles-Philippe-Simon de Montboissier-Beaufort-Canillac had a new château erected under the direction of the architect Nicolas-Marie Potain. The building enjoyed only a brief existence: it was demolished as early as 1795, during the Revolution. What survives of the ensemble are the entrance pavilions, including the Pavillon de Flore and the Pavillon des Roses, a gateway, moats, a triumphal arch and several garden follies in the park. The site remains privately owned. It should not be confused with the homonymous château at Saint-Germain-l'Herm, in the Puy-de-Dôme, the cradle of the Montboissier family.