Château de Reverseaux

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Le château en bref

In the Beauce plain, in the commune of Les Villages Vovéens, the Château de Reverseaux has belonged to only two families since the end of the Middle Ages. The estate has been held by the Guéau family since the second half of the 15th century; it was Jacques-Étienne Guéau de Gravelle de Reverseaux who, having inherited it in 1725, commissioned the construction of most of the present château, while his son, created marquis in 1766, continued the improvements. The residence opens onto a courtyard of honour flanked by two pavilions in the Louis XIII style, closed by a wrought-iron gate and surrounded by moats. The north and south façades are articulated by a central projecting bay with flat pilasters, crowned by a segmental pediment. The panelling of the great salon and of the library is among the elements protected as historic monuments since 1966, together with the façades, roofs, courtyard, moats and park. In 1807, Marshal Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, future Minister of War under Louis XVIII, purchased the château; he retired there and died there in 1830. His descendants still own it and open the park to free visits in July and August.