Château de La Brosse

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Le château en bref

Near Tence, on the Haut-Lignon plateau, the Château de La Brosse is the heir of a medieval fortified house. Its first known lord, Pons Imbert de La Garde, is attested between 1296 and 1309. From the 14th to the 16th century, the estate passed through many hands (Rochebaron-Usson, Semur, Lavieu, Saint-Germain d'Apchon), before belonging until 1751 to the Clermont de Chaste family, who were very active during the Wars of Religion. In 1752, Marie-Charlotte de Clermont de Chaste brought it by marriage to Marie-Louis de Caillebot de Salle, seneschal of Velay, who around 1778 transformed the former fortified house into a pleasure château. The main façade, rebuilt at that time, has five bays over two storeys, while a round tower with a conical roof and remnants of machicolations recall the medieval building; the tower retains three levels with domed vaults and ancient cellars. Sold in 1789 to the Maurin family, still the owners, the château was restored from the 1970s onwards by the architect Claude Perron.