Château de la Vicomté

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Le château en bref

The Château de la Vicomté, at 131 rue Basse des Groûëts in Blois, was built at the end of the 10th century as the residence of the viscounts of Blois, descendants of the Theobaldian house; Robert I of Blois received the title of viscount to administer the County of Blois. The medieval château was destroyed on the orders of King Louis XI. A second viscountcy was created in the 15th century for the de Lisle family. In the 16th century, the estate belonged to Jean Cottereau, first secretary to the king under Louis XII and François I. In 1883, Ludovic Guignard, vice-president of the Société d'histoire naturelle du Loir-et-Cher, owned it. Converted into a hotel-restaurant in 1920 by the Rampin and Maton families, it served as a refuge for Parisian researchers from 1939 to 1944, before being occupied by the German army. Listed as a monument historique, it now operates as a venue for receptions (weddings, events).