Château de Parentignat

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Le château en bref

Known as the "little Versailles of Auvergne", the Château de Parentignat was acquired in 1707 by Jean-Antoine de Lastic and considerably developed between 1710 and 1720 by his nephew François II. Spared during the Revolution, it was renovated in the 1780s by Anne-François IV de Lastic, then restored from 1888 onwards after the fire of 1822 that had destroyed its attic storey and original furnishings. The château retains a 17th-century main building with four towers, two of which survive to the north, mansard roofs with domes, an English-style park laid out in 1802, and a grand staircase in marble quarried specially for its construction. It now houses the Georges de Lastic collection, one of the most important private collections of paintings by great French masters of the 17th and 18th centuries, and is open to visitors as a museum and venue for receptions.