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Château de Chassagnes is located in the hamlet of Chassagnes, in the commune of Les Vans, in the Ardèche department, on the edge of the Bois de Païolive. It was built on the site of a former keep belonging to the Prolhans family, attested until the end of the 14th century. The present château was largely laid out in the mid-16th century by the lords of Montjeu; it then passed in the 17th century to the Iznard de Villefort family, before falling to the Chanaleilles family. Pepper-pot turrets roofed with glazed tiles were added to the keep in the 17th century. The interior was remodelled in the 19th century, with new partitions and newly pierced windows. The estate retains a rectangular dovecote and the remains of an old hydraulic system, around which a small terraced garden was laid out around 1938. The façades and roofs of the château and its outbuildings, as well as the hydraulic system, were registered as historic monuments by order of 17 December 2007. Privately owned, the château is not open to visitors.
