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Le château en bref
On the Limagne plain, in the commune of Maringues, the Château de Beyssat is one of those country residences that the Auvergne nobility and bourgeoisie had built in the eighteenth century. It was built between 1749 and 1764 in the style of the gentilhommières of the Limagne, sober plain-dwelling houses oriented towards the working of their lands. The elongated main block is punctuated by a central projecting section pierced by an arched doorway framed in Volvic stone, the dark lava that marks the architecture of the region. Behind this entrance opens a vast circular staircase well, crowned by a polygonal dome. The interior has retained its Volvic stone flooring, marble chimneypieces and period chequerboard parquet floors. In the nineteenth century, the park was redesigned as a landscape garden and planted with remarkable trees. The château is a private property and is not open to visitors.