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Le château en bref
Cleray Castle, also known as the Château du Clairay or the Villa des Clérais, stands in Vallet, in the heart of the Nantes wine region (Loire-Atlantique). The estate was acquired in 1824 by Charles Marie Richard; his grandson, Charles-Marie Richard de La Vergne, had the present villa built before 1840. This residence, in the Neoclassical style and by an unknown architect, is typical of the country houses (maisons de maître) of the second quarter of the nineteenth century in the region. The château has been listed as a monument historique by order of 30 January 1997. A privately owned property, the estate is now run as a wine estate and is not regularly open to visitors.