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Le château en bref
At Viglain, in the Loiret part of the Sologne, the Château de Beauregard is the centre of a former lordship first mentioned in the second half of the 14th century, when it was already surrounded by moats and equipped with a drawbridge. Around 1450 it passed to the Pâris family, who held it for more than a century. The marriage of Rose Pâris to Jean Pochon then transferred it to the Pochon family, who lived there until 1791. The building reflects Sologne building materials: walls of flint bonded with limestone, and a central block partly timber-framed. The entrance pavilions and the north pavilion bear the date 1630, and a double-flight staircase with converging branches, now altered, served the upper floors. The entrance gatehouse was demolished in 1845. In the 20th century, Colonel André Billard retired there from 1932 until his death. The château remains a private residence and is not open to visitors.