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The Château de la Foltière (or Folletière), at Le Châtellier, succeeds a 16th-century manor house (1513–1618) that belonged to the du Châtellier family and then to the d'Andigné family until the early 19th century. Jean-Marie-Alexandre Frontin des Buffards, a former captain of the Imperial Guard, acquired the estate in 1820 and undertook the construction of the present château between 1830 and 1854, to plans by Jourdin, an architect from Fougères. He died in 1837 before its completion, and his son Gustave-Marie took over, finishing the works upon coming of age; the château was ready in 1854. The austere architecture, inherited from the 18th century, recalls the great malouinières in its symmetry and luminosity: roughly twenty windows per storey across two levels, façades with entablatures and granite pediments. In 1895, the architect Martenot made minor changes to the interior layout. The estate now operates as a bed and breakfast.