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The Château de Maxilly, known as the Château de Blonay, is a former castle dating from the late 13th century, overlooking Maxilly-sur-Léman, north of the village, in the Pays de Gavot, with views over the Coupy stream and Lake Geneva. Rectangular in plan (about 10 m by 25 m), it is flanked by a square tower of about 4.20 m by 4 m at the south-west corner. The estate passed through the hands of the Blonay family, the Dukes of Savoy, the Graffenried family of Bern and the Melchiton family before returning to the Blonays in 1625. It was restored from 1880 onwards by J.-C. Gerecke; the eastern part was already described as ruined in the 1950s.