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Le château en bref
Kériolet Castle, on the heights above Concarneau (Finistère), succeeds a manor house dating from the early 13th century, which was entirely redesigned in the 19th century in the Neo-Gothic style by the architect Joseph Bigot. It became the residence of Princess Zénaïde Narichkine-Youssoupoff and her husband, Count Charles de Chauveau, who was twenty years her junior and to whom she purchased the titles of count and then marquis to support her political ambitions. The count died of a heart attack in 1889, and the princess died in Paris in 1893, at the age of 83. The castle then passed to several owners, including her great-grandson Felix Youssoupov, notoriously known for having taken part in the assassination of Rasputin, before falling into disrepair. Major restoration work has been carried out since 1988; listed as a monument historique, the castle is now open to visitors and hosts events.