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The Château de Chazotte stands in the commune of Arlebosc, in the Ardèche, overlooking the Doux valley about thirty minutes from Tournon-sur-Rhône.
The present building succeeded an earlier manor house and was rebuilt from 1610 onwards on the initiative of Philibert de Pleyné de Chazotte; it was inhabited from 1614 and its roof was completed in 1624. This reconstruction, carried out in the troubled context of the Wars of Religion, explains the presence of defensive features such as machicolations and arquebus positions. After the death of Philibert de Pleyné de Chazotte in 1623, the château passed to Balthazard de Bonnaud, a captain in the Champagne regiment. In 1728, Jean Blachier du Rouchet acquired the property and made it his residence; the château has since been lived in by the same family. In 1867, Ferdinand de Chazotte received the estate on the occasion of his marriage and had major repairs carried out, notably the addition of a Neo-Renaissance tower on the west façade and of crenellations. Ludovic-Marie-René de Chazotte owned the château in the early 20th century. Restoration work was carried out between 2022 and 2024.
The façades, roofs, entrance postern and its door have been listed as historic monuments (inscrits au titre des monuments historiques) since 2 March 1981. The château remains a private residence and is not open to visitors, but its surroundings feature in the heritage trail “Les Archives cachées d'Arlebosc”.
