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Château de Promery (also spelt Premery or Préméry), in Pringy, is more a seigneurial residence than a feudal castle. It has a quadrangular enclosure flanked by three round towers, a three-storey main residential block under a steep hipped roof, mock towers, an entrance gateway dated 1626, and terraced gardens with pavilions. The interior retains twenty-four ornamental inscriptions and period portraits, including those of Vaugelas and members of the Favre family. Probably built by the Trombert family in the 14th century, it was held by the Monthoux family (from the early 14th century until 1578), then by René Favre de la Valbonne, son of the jurist Antoine Favre. It then passed through disputed successions until the Revolution (the emigration of the Marquis de La Grange, and confiscation), and was finally sold in 1854 to Adèle Ruphy. The façades, roofs and two gateways have been listed as historic monuments since 1951.