Château de Charbonnel

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The Château de Charbonnel, also known as the "central château", stands in the centre of the village of Vinezac, in the Ardèche département, in the Basse Cévenne ardéchoise. The lordship of Vinezac, divided in the 13th century between the Bishop of Viviers and the lords of Balazuc, was sold in 1256 to the Julien and Laudun families, then acquired in 1448 by Guigon de Chalendar. It then passed by marriage to the Charbonnel de Chauzon family, co-lords of Vinezac, from whom the present building takes its name; construction of the château is generally dated to around 1640. In 1644, Marie de Charbonnel brought the lordship to her husband Louis de Julien, whose family kept it until the French Revolution. The château preserves a monumental sandstone staircase and mullioned windows; the coats of arms of the Charbonnel, de La Motte and de Servissas families adorn its entrance. Threatening to collapse, the building was acquired and restored by the commune of Vinezac, which turned it into a hotel-restaurant, now operated under the name La Bastide du Soleil.